Using the cat command to view a certificate file (such as example.crt) will display something like this.
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIGhTCCBW2gAwIBAgITFwAS0Zj4+uylATknJgAAABLRmDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsF
ADBMMRQwEgYKCZImiZPyLGQBGRYEY29ycDEYMBYGCgmSJomT8ixkARkWCHRocml2
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A1UEBxMIQXBwbGV0b24xGzAZBgNVBAoTElRocml2ZW50IEZpbmFuY2lhbDEfMB0G
A1UECxMWSW5mb3JtYXRpb24gVGVjaG5vbG9neTERMA8GA1UEAxMITVFTSVNWQTEw
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c1EuBvwKr6mqx8FpS3i+qRBt5dV22iEwMi6qUXhmWRb+Zk5HMumJkeuWxsmEccCv
7dZ4qtGJt8SYLPRAAxMHGnW889BeY8KmdbfeFOyDAmMXEwvB3K3zKQ8aTR781BWv
ysR4VfQLr+A3zbM59CQjewP40y7oFgrpNuj8Hp1AXud3nsakEYFaGcc=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
The openssl command with the X509, -text, and -enddate options can be used to determine when a certificate will expire. This command can be run on any file that contains a certificate, such as a .pem or .crt file.
openssl x509 -text -enddate -in example.crt
Which should return something like this.
notAfter=Jul 16 10:13:34 2017 GMT