.\" $Revision: 1.1.1.1 $ .TH CONVDATE 1 .SH NAME convdate \- convert time/date strings and numbers .SH SYNOPSIS .B convdate [ .B \-c ] [ .B \-n ] [ .B \-s ] .I arg... .SH DESCRIPTION .I Convdate translate the date/time strings specified as arguments on its command line, outputing the results one to a line. .PP If the ``\-s'' flag is used, then each argument is taken as a date string to be parsed by .IR parsedate (3) and is output as a string formatted by .IR ctime (3). This is the default. .PP If the ``\-n'' flag is used, then each argument is converted the same way but is output as a .IR time_t ; see .IR time (2). .PP If the ``\-c'' flag is used, then each argument is taken to be a .I time_t and is output in .I ctime format. .PP For example, .RS .nf .RI "% " "convdate 'feb 10 10am'" Sun Feb 10 10:00:00 1991 .RI "% " "convdate 12pm 5/4/90" Fri Dec 13 00:00:00 1991 Fri May 4 00:00:00 1990 .RI "% " "convdate -n 'feb 10 10am' '12pm 5/4/90'" 666198000 641880000 .RI "% " "convdate -c 666198000" Sun Feb 10 10:00:00 1991 .fi .RE .SH HISTORY Written by Rich $alz . .de R$ This is revision \\$3, dated \\$4. .. .R$ $Id: convdate.1,v 1.1.1.1 1993/08/27 02:46:05 alm Exp $ .SH "SEE ALSO" parsedate(3).