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From: Roberto Sarrionandia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Date has undocumented '@' parameter
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 14:29:58 +0100
Package: coreutils
Version: 6.10-3ubuntu2
Severity: minor
User: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Usertags: origin-ubuntu intrepid
The date program in package 'coreutils' accepts an undocumented
parameter.
date followed by @ and a UNIX timestamp gives the date.
EG:
$ date -d @1210937386
Fri May 16 13:29:46 CEST 2008
This is not mentioned anywhere in the Man page. From Launchpad
https://bugs.launchpad.net/231058
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On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 02:36:19PM +0100, Roberto Sarrionandia wrote:
The date program in package 'coreutils' accepts an undocumented
parameter.
No, it's documented in the info page, in a section called "seconds since
the epoch". Note that none of the -d syntax is documented in the man
page, and the man page says to refer to the info docs.
Mike Stone
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