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| author | wiz <wiz@NetBSD.org> | 2022-05-10 05:37:33 +0000 |
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| committer | wiz <wiz@NetBSD.org> | 2022-05-10 05:37:33 +0000 |
| commit | a39440f20c6ca66c2dc200fd611bfb52e7a3343c (patch) | |
| tree | 0bcfa429371de0d2bd08480080087f5e2be68537 /bin | |
| parent | 4d5214914bdfdc88b4b888fbde69775f60edbc1d (diff) | |
date(1): add example for how to get seconds since the Epoch output
Diffstat (limited to 'bin')
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/date/date.1 | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/bin/date/date.1 b/bin/date/date.1 index f15119a4c0d..b7a5a8564a8 100644 --- a/bin/date/date.1 +++ b/bin/date/date.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: date.1,v 1.47 2018/01/27 18:59:38 wiz Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: date.1,v 1.48 2022/05/10 05:37:33 wiz Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)date.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/28/95 .\" -.Dd January 25, 2018 +.Dd May 10, 2022 .Dt DATE 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ way or set the date. Only the superuser may set the date. .Pp The options are as follows: -.Bl -tag -width Ds +.Bl -tag -width 12n .It Fl a Use .Xr adjtime 2 @@ -215,6 +215,13 @@ date 1432 sets the time to .Li "2:32 PM" , without modifying the date. +.Pp +The command: +.Bd -literal -offset -indent +date +%s +.Ed +.Pp +prints the current time as seconds since the Epoch. .Sh DIAGNOSTICS Exit status is 0 on success, 1 if unable to set the date, and 2 if able to set the local date, but unable to set it globally. |
