fair enough.... #/bin/bash #gets the epoch secs time=$(date -%s) #convert back tstart=$(date -d $start +%H:%M:%S:)" the above was from a website, although i've yet to get it to work... -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ed Greshko Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 11:41 PM To: For users of Fedora Subject: Re: bash script to convert date seconds back to date format.. bruce wrote: > hi.... > > after perusing the web... > > i'm trying to figure out just how to create a bash script, that will get > date/epoch seconds, and convert the seconds back to a date format... > > for some reason.. i'm missing something!! Sometimes telling people what you've done so far will go a long way to them pointing out where you are missing something. Otherwise, they will just be doing the work for you and plenty of people have better things to do. :-) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list