By default date is clear but not very useful for files or any sort of scripting.
> date Sun 22 Mar 11:52:41 GMT 2026
Get-Date isn't much better in Powershell
> Get-Date Sunday 22 March 2026 11:53:17
With a little formatting we get something a little more useful for files and scripts
> date +"%Y%m%d-%H%M%S" 20260322-115606
> Get-Date -Format "yyyyMMdd-HHmmss" 20260322-120034 > Get-Date -UFormat "%Y%m%d-%H%M%S" 20260322-120201