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convdate - Convert to/from RFC 5322 dates and seconds since epoch
convdate [-dhl] [-c | -n | -s] [date ...]
convdate translates the date/time strings given on the command line, outputting the results one to a line. The input can either be a date in RFC 5322 format (accepting the variations on that format that innd(8) is willing to accept), or the number of seconds since epoch (if -c is given). The output is either ctime(3) results, the number of seconds since epoch, or a Usenet Date: header, depending on the options given.
If date is not given, convdate outputs the current date.
Most of these examples are taken, with modifications from the original man page dating from 1991 and were run in the EST/EDT time zone.
% convdate '10 Feb 1991 10:00:00 -0500' Sun Feb 10 10:00:00 1991 % convdate '13 Dec 91 12:00 EST' '04 May 1990 0:0:0' Fri Dec 13 12:00:00 1991 Fri May 4 00:00:00 1990 % convdate -n '10 feb 1991 10:00' '4 May 90 12:00' 666198000 641880000 % convdate -c 666198000 Sun Feb 10 10:00:00 1991
ctime(3) results are in the local time zone. Compare to:
% convdate -dc 666198000 Sun, 10 Feb 1991 15:00:00 -0000 (UTC) % env TZ=PST8PDT convdate -dlc 666198000 Sun, 10 Feb 1991 07:00:00 -0800 (PST) % env TZ=EST5EDT convdate -dlc 666198000 Sun, 10 Feb 1991 10:00:00 -0500 (EST)
The system library functions generally use the environment variable TZ to determine (or at least override) the local time zone.
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net>, rewritten and updated by Russ Allbery <eagle@eyrie.org> for the -d and -l flags.
$Id: convdate.pod 9971 2015-12-10 20:30:10Z iulius $
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