Using date command to print the current date

I am trying to find a way to use the date linux command to print Today is June 8, 2021
A search in man pages didn't reveal anything containing Today is in output
Is it possible to use just date command to print the current date in the above format

Solution 1:

Use Today is in the format verbatim:

date '+Today is %B %-d, %Y'

See man 1 date to learn about tokens like %B. Note %-d prints 8 where %d would print 08.

%B prints locale's full month name. In any English locale the above command should just work. If your locale is non-English then you need to set LC_TIME to some English locale to get June. C locale should be available in any system and it will give you English month names:

LC_TIME=C date '+Today is %B %-d, %Y'