The date option -d does not operate correctly or possibly does not accept time zone CEST (which should be the same as MESZ):
ivory1:~> time=$(date) ivory1:~> echo "$time" Wed May 15 18:04:04 CEST 2002 ivory1:~> date -d "$time" Wed May 15 19:04:04 CEST 2002 CEST is two hours time difference from UTC. Im am using SuSE 8.0 Linux with sh-utils-2.0-219.i386.rpm Best regards Kevin -- _ | Kevin Ivory | Tel: +49-551-37000041 |_ |\ | | Service Network GmbH | Fax: +49-551-3700009 ._|ER | \|ET | Bahnhofsallee 1b | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Service Network | 37081 Goettingen | http://www.SerNet.de/ _______________________________________________ Bug-sh-utils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-sh-utils
