When dealing with deeply nested directories having the full path in the prompt is less than optimal. This provides only the present working directory...
PS1="${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:/[...]/\W/\n[`date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S:%N`] \$ "Another version that does not have the options specific to my chrooted environment is...
PS1="\u@\h:/[...]/\W/\n[`date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S:%N`] \$ "
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