====== Normal terminal prompt ====== Edit .bashrc and replace the PS1 variable with: NOW=$(date +%Y-%m-%d) PS1="\[\e[36m\][$NOW\[\e[m\]\[\e[36m\]@\[\e[m\]\[\e[36m\]\t]\[\e[m\] \[\e[32m\]\u\[\e[m\]@\[\e[32m\]\h\[\e[m\]:\[\e[31m\]\w\[\e[m\]\\$ " This will result with [YYYY-MM-DD@HH:MM:SS] user@root:/path$ _ Since .bashrc is executed last, this change cannot be made for all users