07-04-2007
File timestamp issue on HP servers
Hi All ,
I have a file which gets updated by a korn job daily . The file gets the latest timestamp on everyrun.
But of late i have observed that the file timestamp gets modified to a older date ( Oct 25 2006 ) at some point in time of the day. This change has nothing to do with the job which updates this file.
There is some unknown process which is acting on this and changing the timestamp ( to Oct25 2006 ) everyday. Once the korn job runs it puts the right time stamp. The unexpected change is happening at some other time by some other process.
Could anyone help me find a way to identify the unknown process in question which is modifying the timestamp of this file.
Note : the unknown process is not playing with the content of the file..
Important finding : This is happening with other files on different servers...
Any help in this reg is highly appreciated ... Thanks in advance
Thanks
Sridhar
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IDATE(3) 1 IDATE(3)
idate - Format a local time/date as integer
SYNOPSIS
int idate (string $format, [int $timestamp = time()])
DESCRIPTION
Returns a number formatted according to the given format string using the given integer $timestamp or the current local time if no time-
stamp is given. In other words, $timestamp is optional and defaults to the value of time(3).
Unlike the function date(3), idate(3) accepts just one char in the $format parameter.
PARAMETERS
o $format
-
The following characters are recognized in the $format parameter string
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
|$format character | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| | |
| B | |
| | |
| | Swatch Beat/Internet Time |
| | |
| | |
| d | |
| | |
| | Day of the month |
| | |
| | |
| h | |
| | |
| | Hour (12 hour format) |
| | |
| | |
| H | |
| | |
| | Hour (24 hour format) |
| | |
| | |
| i | |
| | |
| | Minutes |
| | |
| | |
| I (uppercase i) | |
| | |
| | returns 1 if DST is activated, 0 otherwise |
| | |
| | |
| L (uppercase l) | |
| | |
| | returns 1 for leap year, 0 otherwise |
| | |
| | |
| m | |
| | |
| | Month number |
| | |
| | |
| s | |
| | |
| | Seconds |
| | |
| | |
| t | |
| | |
| | Days in current month |
| | |
| | |
| U | |
| | |
| | Seconds since the Unix Epoch - January 1 1970 |
| | 00:00:00 UTC - this is the same as time(3) |
| | |
| | |
| w | |
| | |
| | Day of the week ( 0 on Sunday) |
| | |
| | |
| W | |
| | |
| | ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on |
| | Monday |
| | |
| | |
| y | |
| | |
| | Year (1 or 2 digits - check note below) |
| | |
| | |
| Y | |
| | |
| | Year (4 digits) |
| | |
| | |
| z | |
| | |
| | Day of the year |
| | |
| | |
| Z | |
| | |
| | Timezone offset in seconds |
| | |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
o $timestamp
- The optional $timestamp parameter is an integer Unix timestamp that defaults to the current local time if a $timestamp is not
given. In other words, it defaults to the value of time(3).
RETURN VALUES
Returns an integer.
As idate(3) always returns an integer and as they can't start with a "0", idate(3) may return fewer digits than you would expect. See the
example below.
ERRORS
/EXCEPTIONS
Every call to a date/time function will generate a E_NOTICE if the time zone is not valid, and/or a E_STRICT or E_WARNING message if using
the system settings or the $TZ environment variable. See also date_default_timezone_set(3)
CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
|Version | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 5.1.0 | |
| | |
| | Now issues the E_STRICT and E_NOTICE time zone |
| | errors. |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES
Example #1
idate(3) example
<?php
$timestamp = strtotime('1st January 2004'); //1072915200
// this prints the year in a two digit format
// however, as this would start with a "0", it
// only prints "4"
echo idate('y', $timestamp);
?>
SEE ALSO
date(3), getdate(3), time(3).
PHP Documentation Group IDATE(3)