04-16-2009
$ date --date "Jan 1, 1970 + 365 days"
Fri Jan 1 00:00:00 CET 1971
...this is another way but i think you must search trough all options in date man pages...
ps: i dont use ksh
EDIT/ADD:
Anyway I suggest you to search with google something like: "epoch time converter" or "epoch date" and so on... you can find a lot of scripts
Last edited by aspire; 04-16-2009 at 06:39 PM..
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