The command to view the time is 'date'. If you do a man on this you can see how to change the format. Here is a couple of examples to get you started...
<4 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ >date +%m/%d/%y 03/10/97 <5 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ >date +%H:%M 12:59 Hope this helps, Dennis On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, G. Kapetanios wrote: > > Hi, > > > I have a very pressing question and I would be very happy if somebody > could give me a clue. I have a commercial psckage installed on my debian > system which ( GAUSS for econometric applications ) which takes the date > time e.t.c. from the system. Unfortunately, after I upgraded from stable > to unstable it seems to be getting the wrong format for the date or time . > Can somebody tell me whether the programs which provide these information > have been changed from the stable to the unstable? If so, and this must > somehow be the case can I change the defaults to what they used to be ? If > not which is the package providing this information so that I can > downgrade it ?? > > Thanks very much > George > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > George Kapetanios > Churchill College > Cambridge, CB3 0DS > U.K. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ================================================================= | dpk | | | DECS, Systems Undergrad | It is better for them to think you | =========================== a fool, than to open your mouth | | work: 353.8892 | and prove it. -Mark Twain | | page: 253.0724 | | =================================================================
