On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 11:55:37 +1300, [email protected] wrote: >On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 09:31:43AM +1100, Rod Whitworth wrote: >> I think I'm suffering from OldTimers Disease ;-) >> >> I often have cause to use "date -r " to show me what the date stamp is >> in human terms. >> It is usually in spamd or on some documents I get that are time stamped >> using the seconds since the epoc. >> >> Now I have a need to generate some timestamps of my own and, whilst I'm >> sure I've done it in the past, I cannot remember it now. >> >> Cluebat? >> > >date +%s --date="January 01, 1970 00:00 GMT" >
The "--" in there says you are running linux... this is an OpenBSD list. 8-) *** NOTE *** Please DO NOT CC me. I <am> subscribed to the list. Mail to the sender address that does not originate at the list server is tarpitted. The reply-to: address is provided for those who feel compelled to reply off list. Thankyou. Rod/ --- This life is not the real thing. It is not even in Beta. If it was, then OpenBSD would already have a man page for it.
