You can use the stat command to view dates and times associated with Linux files, and the date command can do some handy conversions if you’d like to display the current time in the epoch format.

If you want to see a particular version or element of a date, use the characters described in the list of options below. %D – Date as mm/dd/yy %Y – Year (e.g., 2020) %m – Month (01-12) %B – Long month ...