"HELP" .bash_aliases on fedora linux

alias getdates='date | tee /home/name/fulldate.txt | cut -d " " -f 1 | tee /home/name/shortdate.txt | xargs echo hello'

I saved this in a (.bash_aliases) file. Then try to run getdates in the terminal. However, I get a response of bash: getdates: command not found...