On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 10:12:46PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > 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.
You are correct ... mea culpa for not reading Stan's mail closely. -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Patton
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