linux bash - Parse date in custom format

Question

I have a date in a the %c format (could be any other) and I need to use it in the date command. %c is NOT the American format. It is the G

Answer 1

If you meant the formatting is wrong, I think what you want is:

NOW=$(date +%c)
date --date="$NOW" +%d/%m/%Y

note the lowercase %d and %m.

Locally, this is what I get:

root@server2:~# NOW=$(date +%c)
root@server2:~# date --date="$NOW" +%d/%m/%Y
19/12/2013