Hi, the "pure numbers" input support in date is very limited. The info page suggests only YYYYMMDD, HHMM and HH are accepted. It would be nice if date could work with (practically) any format, the same way it can for the output.
Example: $ date -u -d 20080210155848 date: invalid date `20080210155848' Wanted: $ date -u -i +%Y%m%d%H%M%S -d 20080210155848 Sun Feb 10 15:58:48 CET 2008 $ date -u -i +%Y%m%d%H%M%S -d 20080210155848 +%H 15 The -i is, of course, just a suggestion, the implementation details are irrelevant to me. Thanks for your good work & bye! -- We cannot command nature except by obeying her. --Sir Francis Bacon Have a sourcerous day! www.sourcemage.org
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