Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 19:50:21 -0400 From: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: how standard is FreeBSD's 'date' utility? Message-ID: <19990713195021.F21280@numachi.com>
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A silly question, hopefully an answer will manifest. FreeBSD's 'date' utility comes with a '-r' flag, which means (in effect) 'given a UNIX epoch timestamp, dump it out in a human-readable format'. A utility that I find very handy indeed. My question: how standard is this flag? Other (unamed) OSs don't seem to support it. The manpage doesn't state that this is a [Free]BSD-specific flag. So - what is it's derivation? How long has it been around? Do any other OSs provide it? Thanks for any input... -- Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert reichert@numachi.com 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Current daytime number: (603)-434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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