RedHat 5.2

GNU/Linux	RedHat 5.2 (Apollo)
	convdate(1)

CONVDATE

NAME

convdate − convert time/date strings and numbers

convdate [ −c ] [ −n ] [ −s ] arg...

Convdate translate the date/time strings specified as arguments on its command line, outputing the results one to a line.

	−c		If the ’’−c’’ flag is used, then each argument is taken to be a time_t and is output in ctime format.
	−n		If the ’’−n’’ flag is used, then each argument is taken as a date string to be parsed by parsedate(3) and is output as a time_t; see time(2).
	−s		If the ’’−s’’ flag is used, then each argument is taken as a date string to be parsed by parsedate(3) and is output as a string formatted by ctime(3). This is the default.

% convdate ’feb 10 10am’
Sun Feb 10 10:00:00 1991

% convdate 12pm 5/4/90
Fri Dec 13 00:00:00 1991
Fri May 4 00:00:00 1990

% convdate -n ’feb 10 10am’ ’12pm 5/4/90’
666198000
641880000

% convdate -c 666198000
Sun Feb 10 10:00:00 1991

Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net>. This is revision 1.5, dated 1996/10/29.