Depending on the version of date you have installed, you can use the following syntax. > date --date=@1187249220 Thu Aug 16 00:27:00 PDT 2007 Im not sure when the feature was added, but I remember seeing it used this way quite some time ago. --- Robert On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 00:21 -0700, bruce wrote: > 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 > >
