On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 22:36 +1000, david wrote: > Q2. what does the @ mean? > > da...@david:~$ date -d @1174306440 > Mon Mar 19 23:14:00 EST 2007 > > I got this from a google search - the string is from a mysql timestamp which > didn't include the @ I can't find a reference to @ in the date man page.
Its in 'info date', and that is referenced from man date in the section about the string parameter to -d. -Rob
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