Convert date to unix time

funksen · #1 (**permalink**) 03-20-2009

Hi, I need to convert a date in the format

yyyy-mm-dd to unix seconds, shell script or perl would be ok

since there is no hour/second, we can assume 12am every day

thanks in advance

funksen

jim mcnamara · #2 (**permalink**) 03-20-2009

Are you on Linux - ie., do you have GNU date?

funksen · #3 (**permalink**) 03-23-2009

hi jim,

I am on rhel 4 and have gnu date

cheers

pludi · #4 (**permalink**) 03-23-2009

Code:

$ date -d "2009-03-23" +%s
1237762800
$ date +"%X %F" -d @1237762800
00:00:00 2009-03-23
$

funksen · #5 (**permalink**) 03-23-2009

great, thank you

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