convdate (1)

convdate [ -c ] [ -n ] [ -s ] arg...

Convdate translate the date/time strings specified as arguments on its command line, outputing the results one to a line.

-c

If the ``-c'' flag is used, then each argument is taken to be a time_t and is output in ctime format.

-n

If the ``-n'' flag is used, then each argument is taken as a date string to be parsed by parsedate(3) and is output as a time_t; see time(2).

-s

If the ``-s'' flag is used, then each argument is taken as a date string to be parsed by parsedate(3) and is output as a string formatted by ctime(3). This is the default.

% convdate 'feb 10 10am'
Sun Feb 10 10:00:00 1991

% convdate 12pm 5/4/90
Fri Dec 13 00:00:00 1991
Fri May  4 00:00:00 1990

% convdate -n 'feb 10 10am' '12pm 5/4/90'
666198000
641880000

% convdate -c 666198000
Sun Feb 10 10:00:00 1991

Written by Rich $alz <[email protected]>. This is revision \$3, dated \$4.

parsedate(3).