On 4/19/06, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dan Track wrote: > > Hi > > > > Does anyone know how to convert between the `date -s` output to > > timestamp and vice versa. Also does anyone know how to get the > > timestamp for a date period in the past or future? > > I don't really understand the question. > > Please give an example of the two formats you want to convert between. > > Paul. > Hi Paul I'd like to convert Wed Apr 19 13:02:16 BST 2006 --> timestamp or timestamp --> Wed Apr 19 13:02:16 BST 2006 How would I do the above? Is there a simple script for this? thanks Dan