On Wednesday 25 September 2013 21:49, Jody Lee Bruchon wrote:
> I am using the date command to process dates from a text file in the typical
> American "mm/dd/" format.
date applet would become way too big if it will attempt to support
everything coreutils date does.
"date --help" shows acce
On 2013-09-25 15:49, Jody Lee Bruchon wrote:
I am using the date command to process dates from a text file in the typical American
"mm/dd/" format. The date command chokes if I pass such a date with -d for
reformatting; likewise, dashes aren't accepted at all either. I am having to pipe thr
I am using the date command to process dates from a text file in the typical
American "mm/dd/" format. The date command chokes if I pass such a date
with -d for reformatting; likewise, dashes aren't accepted at all either. I am
having to pipe through tr -d / before giving the date, but GNU c