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Cygwin return different format of date for `date -u` command

When I execute date -u command from Cygwin Terminal / Cygwin Bash shell, It returns the output Tue, Jul 14, 2015 2:52:47 PM

But when i executed bash command from command line, then executed date -u, it returns the output Tue Jul 14 14:52:27 UTC 2015

I need this command to be always return this output format: Tue Jul 14 14:52:27 UTC 2015 (%a %b %d %H:%M%S %Z %Y)

Why it return different datetime format? How can I change these to same format?

Path for different Cygwin terminal:

Cygwin Terminal: C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -i /Cygwin-Terminal.ico -
Cygwin Bash shell: C:\cygwin\Cygwin.bat
Bash: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe
Solution

  • The date format depends on the system's locale:

    $ LC_ALL=it_IT.utf8 date -u
mar 14 lug 2015, 18.04.18, UTC

$ LC_ALL=POSIX date -u
Tue Jul 14 18:04:29 UTC 2015

    If you want consistent date output, explicitly set your system, user, script or date command to use the POSIX locale.