on Fri, May 04, 2001 at 12:26:08PM -0500, Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 12:09:11PM -0400, Stan Brown wrote: > > I know thta it's possible to sue the GNU version of date, as provided with > > Debian to return a dat, say 30 minutes in the past. > > > > However I can't seem to get the syntax quie correct. From the man page, > > it's apparent that I need the --date option, but what is the "STRING" > > fomrat? > > Lines 47-133 of the date(1) man page describe the string format in > excruciating detail.
The date output format directives are described in detail, but not the syntax requested by Stan Brown. For this, it's necessary to dig through the info page. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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