Jack wrote: > On 2020.11.23 15:00, Dale wrote: >> Matt Connell (Gmail) wrote: >> > On Mon, 2020-11-23 at 19:24 +0100, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: >> >> *blush* Even though I'm using "date" since umpteen years, up to >> now I >> >> was not aware of this "@..." syntax. You're perfectly right, >> that's ex- >> >> actly what I was looking for. >> > I wasn't either, until I read the man page. Just goes to show you >> > never outgrow good documentation. >> >> I found out when I was trying to convert emerge.log and its date/time >> stamp. Before that, I had no idea the date command did that either. I >> just knew it was used to set the system time and date manually, like on >> a new install when it is to far off for ntpdate or chrony to correct. >> >> I do wish the emerge.log time stamp was like it is in messages. It just >> puts the date in something you can just read. :/ >> >> Dale > > For many years, I've had this small script in my home directory - > unfortunately I rarely remember to use it. I have no idea where I got > it, but it's got a timestamp of about four years ago. However, now > that I actually look at it, the author is a frequent contributor to > this list, so it was likely mentioned here. > > #!/usr/bin/awk -f > ######################################################################### > # log-emerge: > # > # A filter which converts the time stamp on emerge log files to a human > # readable form. > # > # Written by Alan Mackenzie <[email protected]>, 2015-10-20. > # This script is in the public domain. > # > # To use, pipe all or part of a log file through this filter. > ######################################################################### > { > sec = strtonum(substr($1, 1, 11)) > $1 = strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z", sec, 0) ":" > print > } > >
I wish I could tell emerge/portage to just do it like messages does. Then none of us would have to use some tool to figure out the date/time stamp. I suspect there is a way but don't recall ever seeing it mentioned. Plus, I'd have to figure out how to use that script too. :/ Like you, I'd likely forget to use it anyway. I use genlop and such to figure out when something was installed or updated. It spits out something I can read. Dale :-) :-)
