bash script question - simple

[Brandon W. Beasley]

It's GOT to be simple, but I can't figure it out.

I just want to pass the current date to a variable in a bash script.

Do I use the 'date' command?  How do I pass output from the 'date'
command to a variable, say $DATE,
in a bash script?

thanks

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