Quoting Stan Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I know thta it's possible to sue the GNU version of date, as provided with > Debian to return a dat, say 30 minutes in the past. > > However I can't seem to get the syntax quie correct. From the man page, > it's apparent that I need the --date option, but what is the "STRING" > fomrat?
$ date --date "30 mins ago" Fri May 4 16:49:39 BST 2001 $ date Fri May 4 17:19:45 BST 2001 $ Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
