Using timefmt

Format the date July, 7, 2016 in YYYY-MM-DD format

    timefmt -input "2006-01-02" -output "01/02/2006" "2016-07-02"

Yields “07/02/2016”

Format the MySQL date/time of 8:08am, July 2, 2016

    timefmt -input mysql -output RFC822  "2016-07-02 08:08:08"

Yields “02 Jul 16 08:08 UTC”

example files

• timefmt-demo.bash