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author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1997-07-14 18:32:12 +0000 |
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committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1997-07-14 18:32:12 +0000 |
commit | 8c6a8c7743bec31fb8adfc2d8b080cff874ba8d9 (patch) | |
tree | 3ad00a627d2e4448a014c1f954b379452931a693 /doc/sh-utils.texi | |
parent | 197d78d42818de0ed83d5c84c2a2a95d94e5a638 (diff) | |
download | coreutils-8c6a8c7743bec31fb8adfc2d8b080cff874ba8d9.tar.xz |
tweak again
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diff --git a/doc/sh-utils.texi b/doc/sh-utils.texi index 925f0473e..6675a7a59 100644 --- a/doc/sh-utils.texi +++ b/doc/sh-utils.texi @@ -2459,8 +2459,8 @@ To convert a date string to the number of seconds since the epoch the @samp{%s} format. That can be useful in sorting and/or graphing and/or comparing data by date. The following command outputs the number of the seconds since the epoch for the time one second later -than the epoch, but in the time zone two hours later, thus a total -of two hours and one second after the epoch: +than the epoch, but in time zone two hours later (the Azores), thus +a total of two hours and one second after the epoch: @example date --date='1970-01-01 00:00:01 UTC +2 hours' +%s @@ -2469,12 +2469,13 @@ date --date='1970-01-01 00:00:01 UTC +2 hours' +%s Suppose you had @emph{not} specified time zone information in the example above. Then, date would have used your computer's idea of the time zone when -interpreting the string. Here's what you would get if you were six -hours later than UTC on that day: +interpreting the string. Here's what you would get if you were in +Greenwich, England: @example +# local time zone used date --date='1970-01-01 00:00:01' +%s -21601 +1 @end example @item |