Module Name: src
Committed By: wiz
Date: Tue May 10 05:37:33 UTC 2022
Modified Files:
src/bin/date: date.1
Log Message:
date(1): add example for how to get seconds since the Epoch output
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.47 -r1.48 src/bin/date/date.1
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Modified files:
Index: src/bin/date/date.1
diff -u src/bin/date/date.1:1.47 src/bin/date/date.1:1.48
--- src/bin/date/date.1:1.47 Sat Jan 27 18:59:38 2018
+++ src/bin/date/date.1 Tue May 10 05:37:33 2022
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: date.1,v 1.47 2018/01/27 18:59:38 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: date.1,v 1.48 2022/05/10 05:37:33 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)date.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
.\"
-.Dd January 25, 2018
+.Dd May 10, 2022
.Dt DATE 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ way or set the date.
Only the superuser may set the date.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
-.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.Bl -tag -width 12n
.It Fl a
Use
.Xr adjtime 2
@@ -215,6 +215,13 @@ date 1432
sets the time to
.Li "2:32 PM" ,
without modifying the date.
+.Pp
+The command:
+.Bd -literal -offset -indent
+date +%s
+.Ed
+.Pp
+prints the current time as seconds since the Epoch.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
Exit status is 0 on success, 1 if unable to set the date, and 2
if able to set the local date, but unable to set it globally.
