date in format 31/10/2004

[hcclnoodles]

Hi there

I need to pass the current date to a script the following format

31/10/2004

I presume id use the 'date' command but does anybody know how I would get this format returned so that i can slot it into a variable and pass it to my script

cheers
Gary

 

[hcclnoodles]

when i say 31/10/2004 i do of course mean DD/MM/YYYY

cheers

 

[mihab]

date +"%m/%d/%Y"

like var1=$(date +"%m/%d/%Y")
echo $var1

 

[hcclnoodles]

thats great thankyou