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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1997-07-25 12:47:34 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1997-07-25 12:47:34 +0000 |
| commit | 821c3f6fda9d289eec1fa2d49684a95f5df9d32f (patch) | |
| tree | bf159f0fcf798a96ebfdb09bdf94ca97714905e4 /doc/sh-utils.texi | |
| parent | e36d0b9d89b2420ecb7fbac796eb263b54844821 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-821c3f6fda9d289eec1fa2d49684a95f5df9d32f.tar.xz | |
use Cambridge, Mass example, not Azores one
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diff --git a/doc/sh-utils.texi b/doc/sh-utils.texi index 6675a7a59..556f0aea9 100644 --- a/doc/sh-utils.texi +++ b/doc/sh-utils.texi @@ -2459,12 +2459,12 @@ 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 time zone two hours later (the Azores), thus -a total of two hours and one second after the epoch: +than the epoch, but in time zone five hours later (Cambridge, Massachusetts), +thus a total of five hours and one second after the epoch: @example -date --date='1970-01-01 00:00:01 UTC +2 hours' +%s -7201 +date --date='1970-01-01 00:00:01 UTC +5 hours' +%s +18001 @end example Suppose you had @emph{not} specified time zone information in the example above. |