bash-4.2$ echo $DATE
2013-04-11
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bash-4.2$ DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
bash-4.2$ echo $DATE
2013-04-11
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bash-4.2$ DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
bash-4.2$ echo $DATE
2013-04-11