Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 13:32:37 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: markzero <mark@darklogik.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: epoch->calendar date(1) wizardry Message-ID: <20050530103237.GA42500@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <20050530023552.GA63697@logik.ath.cx> References: <20050530023552.GA63697@logik.ath.cx>
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On 2005-05-30 03:35, markzero <mark@darklogik.org> wrote: > Hello, > 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 $ date -j -f '%s' 1117417465 '+%Y/%m/%d %T %z' 2005/05/30 04:44:25 +0300 The -j and -f options, when combined together, can help you convert practically any format that strptime(3) can read and parse to any time strftime(3) can print.
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