../

     

TIL: linux date command understands natural language

I discovered that the Linux data command understands natural language. Here are some cool examples:

$ date +%Y-%m-%d -d "tomorrow"
2025-10-25

$ date +%Y-%m-%d -d "now"     
2025-10-24

$ date +%Y-%m-%d -d "next week"
2025-10-31

$ date +%Y-%m-%d -d "next monday"
2025-10-27

$ date +%Y-%m-%d -d "next month"
2025-11-24

$ date +%Y-%m-%d -d "next year" 
2026-10-24

$ date +%Y-%m-%d -d "2 weeks ago"
2025-10-10