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Easily decode unix-time (funtion)

Terminal - Easily decode unix-time (funtion)
utime(){ date -d "1970-01-01 GMT $1 seconds"; }
2010-05-14 07:49:49
User: 4Aiur
Functions: date
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utime { date -d @$1; }
2010-05-12 12:21:15
User: deltaray
Functions: date
Tags: Date manipulation Linux solaris unix date function time zsh convert
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Easily decode unix-time (funtion)

More recent versions of the date command finally have the ability to decode the unix epoch time into a human readable date. This function makes it simple to utilize this feature quickly.

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utime(){ perl -e "print localtime($1).\"\n\"";}
2009-11-06 12:58:10
User: MoHaG
Functions: perl
Tags: Date manipulation Linux perl solaris unix date function time zsh convert
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Easily decode unix-time (funtion)

A shell function using perl to easily convert Unix-time to text.

Put in in your ~/.bashrc or equivalent.

Tested on Linux / Solaris Bourne, bash and zsh. using perl 5.6 and higher.

(Does not require GNU date like some other commands)

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utime(){ python -c "import time; print(time.strftime('%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y', time.localtime($1)))"; }
2010-05-14 08:00:44
User: 4Aiur
Functions: python
Tags: Date manipulation Linux solaris unix date function time zsh convert
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utime(){ awk -v d=$1 'BEGIN{print strftime("%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y", d)}'; }
2010-05-14 08:00:04
User: 4Aiur
Functions: awk
Tags: Date manipulation Linux solaris unix date function time zsh convert
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Hey good idea (and more portable).

Comment by deltaray 161 weeks and 4 days ago

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