=color:#72ab00;>+%</span><span>a
</span><span style=color:#5597d6;>Wed
</span><span>$ date </span><span style=color:#72ab00;>+%</span><span style=color:#5597d6;>A
</span><span style=color:#5597d6;>Wednesday
</span></code></pre><p>You can use <code>%x</code> to get the locale representation:<pre class=language-ruby data-lang=ruby style=background-color:#f5f5f5;color:#1f1f1f;><code class=language-ruby data-lang=ruby><span>$ date </span><span style=color:#72ab00;>+</span><span style=color:#d07711;>%x
</span><s