You probably want something like:

:set day="$(date -u +%d)"

Backtics replaced with $() syntax for readability only.  It is the double
quotes that should preserve the date output.

- Mark B.

Newton, Tony wrote:

> I'm trying to set a variable to be today's date in DD format, so I am using
>
> :set day=`date -u +%d`
>
> but when I echo $day it is in the D format.  I know the command portion is
> working correctly since I can run
>
> :date -u +%d
>
> interactively and get the DD format that I am looking for.  So I must
> somehow be losing the leading '0' in the assignment process.  Any Unix
> guru's wish to elaborate on how to get around this?

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