Get hex time stamp from bash script

Question

I would like to convert the current date and time into a hex time stamp, something like:

Tue Feb 2 10:27:46 GMT 2010 converted into 0x6d054a874449e

I would like to do this from a bash script, any idea how I might do that?

Thanks J

Answer 1

printf '0x%x' $(date +%s)