Linux date format hh-mm-ss

Question

I got a problem if the time is before 10, because then the output is like 8-33-21 instead of 08-33-21. My date syntax is date +"%k-%M-%S. Does anyone know how to solve this problem?

Answer 1

The %kformat is space padded

From the man page

%H hour (00..23)

%I hour (01..12)

As fedorqui pointed out, %T is the same as %H:%M:%S