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  • OS X Mavericks: How to show the date in the menu bar

      This one is nice and easy – go to System Preferences -> Date & Time -> Clock and then tick “Show Date”:   A small thing, but quite useful.

  • Seagate HDD Date Codes

        On Seagate drives you may see a Date Code – e.g. 07466. What does it mean?   Simply put, it’s in the format of YY:W:D, or YY:WW:D, where Y is year, W is week and D is day of week.   The year is fairly self-explanatory; the weeks aren’t measured from January, though,…

  • Changing or Updating the time zone in Ubuntu Server

    Changing or Updating the time zone in Ubuntu Server

      There are quite a few reasons you may find that you need to change your time zone – for example, if you’re using a pre-made image for a virtual machine you may find that the default timezone is not set to your country. You can change the time manually, though there is a quick…

  • Ubuntu: How to create a file or folder using today’s date

    Ubuntu: How to create a file or folder using today’s date

    This is a useful little trick to use in your scripts – particularly for things like periodic backups.   For a file:   touch $(date +%F)   creates the file 2012-11-18   For a folder, let’s add the time after the date:   mkdir $(date +%F-%H:%M)   creates the folder 2012-11-18-09:00   We can use…