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
