date command

date command

Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh ilya at total-knowledge.com
Mon Nov 9 11:05:17 IST 2009


This is independent of locale. The get_date function simply treats
xx/yy as US format according to "info date".

Erez D wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Chaim Keren-Tzion <chaim at intercomp.co.il> wrote:
>   
>> $ date  -d 'Mon 11/9 2:25 AM'
>> Mon Nov  9 02:25:00 IST 2009
>>     
>
>
> yes, that what i want, but that's not what i get.
> it thinks the 11/9 is september 11, instead of november 9 (i.e. 11/9
> vs 9/11 format)
> what is your locale ?
>
> thanks,
> erez.
>   
>> Chaim
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:34 AM, Erez D <erez0001 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> # date  -d 'Mon 9/11 2:25 AM'
>>> Fri Sep 11 02:25:00 IDT 2009
>>>
>>> but i want it to return:
>>> Mon Nov  9 02:25:00 IDT 2009
>>>
>>> i tried setting LC_TIME but this didn't help.
>>>
>>> any idea ?
>>>
>>> cheers.
>>> erez.
>>>
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