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From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
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Subject: Re: epoch->calendar date(1) wizardry
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In the last episode (May 30), markzero said:
> How may one pretty print an epoch timestamp using date(1)? The date
> manual page gives me a headache.
> 
> Essentially, I have the timestamp in a file:
> 
> $ cat t
> 1117417465
> 
> ..and I want to print it in a standard UK format, such as:
> 
>   +%H:%M:%S %d/%m/%y

date -r $(cat t) +"%H:%M:%S %d/%m/%y"

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	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com