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> It seems reasonable to me to add a strftime() (and maybe a few other
> features) to our base-system awk.

Yes, please. The current /usr/bin/awk may well be blessed by some of the
original authors - but it's too crippled for my taste. strftime() would
be a good start.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no