convdate - convert time/date strings and numbers
SYNOPSIS
convdate [ -c ] [ -n ] [ -s ] arg...
DESCRIPTION
Convdate translate the date/time strings specified as
arguments on its command line, outputting the results one
to a line.
OPTIONS
-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.
EXAMPLES
% 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
HISTORY
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net>. This is revi
sion 1.2, dated 1998/05/20.
SEE ALSO
parsedate(3).
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