The options of the date command vary from OS to OS. This should work as the root user on most systems:
-u denotes the time you enter is in GMT or UTC timezone, which may not be the timezone you are actually using.
So, try:
assuming you don't want to change seconds.
I have a file named "suspected" with series of line like these :
{'protocol': 17, 'service': 'BitTorrent KRPC', 'server': '219.78.120.166', 'client_port': 52044, 'client': '10.64.68.44', 'server_port': 8291, 'time': 1226506312L, 'serverhostname': ''}
{'protocol': 17, 'service': 'BitTorrent... (3 Replies)
Hello, colleges!
I need to synchronize time on several thousands device (UTM-1 Edge Appliances - All inclusive, all secure, all branch offices.) which don`t understand summer time at all. But in my country summer time are used.
I plan to sync it with NTP server with modificated time: plus one... (2 Replies)
I am setting TZ=EST5EDT,M3.2.0/02:00:00,M11.1.0/02:00:00
Then Setting the date to Mar 14 01:40 EST
date 0314014010
Sun Mar 14 01:40:36 EDT 2010
Note that it show it EST. According to my TZ variable 01:40 Should be in EST only.
On executing date command once again it shows
date
Sun Mar... (4 Replies)
Hi,
The timestamp is June 06 2011 11:05AM
i need 2 results.
first, an hour added to it, June 06 2011 12:05AM
second, a minute added to it, June 06 2011 11:06AM
How can i do this?
Also when it reaches 12:59, it needs to start from 1 again without giving the output as 13:00. it... (17 Replies)
Hi all,
I need your help to increment a time by one hour.
The difficulty is the time is in a string format and not a value
cat file | awk '{print $1,$2}'
09/02/2011 20:11
09/03/2011 20:11
I want to change the time to be as follows
09/02/2011 21:11 or even 09/02/2011 20:21
Can... (2 Replies)
This is a new one on me. We upgraded a system from AIX 5.3 TL 7 to 6.1 TL 7 yesterday. The app people notified us that their cron jobs weren't running at the right time. So I made a test cron entry and here's what I've found:
# crontab -l
* * * * * /usr/bin/date > /tmp/test.log 2>&1
# cat... (2 Replies)
Hello All,
Is there any *easy* and efficient way to add "one hour" to few fields in a file? . I have done this using a python script and it has hit with performance issues.
I have around 200mi of records, which I need to modify and send across in one hour.
sample input:
'2012-10-17... (2 Replies)
Hi friends, I want to convert 24 hour timing to 12 hour please help me...
my data file looks like this..
13-Nov-2011 13:27:36 15.32044 72.68502
13-Nov-2011 12:08:31 15.31291 72.69807
16-Nov-2011 01:16:54 15.30844 72.74028
15-Nov-2011 20:09:25 15.35096 ... (13 Replies)
Hello Sir/Madam,
I'm using Putty utility to run a shell script. I found HOUR display in two positions in UNIX. Is it possible to display in four positions?
File name example: my file name is: HourlyData_20160708_1400.txt
I'm in the process of comparing current date and time with the file... (15 Replies)
Discussion started by: V1l1h1
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
date
DATE(1) General Commands Manual DATE(1)NAME
date - print or set the date and time
SYNOPSIS
date [-qsu] [[MMDDYY]hhmm[ss]] [+format]
OPTIONS -q Read the date from stdin
-s Set the time (implicit for -q or a date string)
-u Print the date as GMT
-t Use this number of seconds instead of current time
EXAMPLES
date # Print the date and time
date 0221921610 # Set date to Feb 21, 1992 at 4:10 p.m.
DESCRIPTION
With the -q flag or a numeric argument, date sets the GMT time and date. MMDDYY refers to the month, day, and year; hhmmss refers to the
hour, minute and second. Each of the six fields must be exactly two digits, no more and no less. date always display the date and time,
with the default format for the system. The -u flag request GMT time instead of local time. A format may be specified with a + followed
by a printf-like string with the following options:
%% % character
%A Name of the day
%B Name of the month
%D mm/dd/yy
%H Decimal hour on 2 digits
%I Decimal hour modulo 12 on 2 digits
%M Decimal minute on 2 digits
%S Decimal seconds on 2 digits
%T HH:MM:SS
%U Decimal week number, Sunday being first day of week
%W Decimal week number, Monday being first day of week
%X Same as %T
%Y Decimal year on 4 digits
%Z Time Zone (if any)
%a Abbreviated name of the day
%b Abbreviated name of the month
%c Appropriate date & time (default format)
%d Decimal day of the month on 2 digits
%e Same as %d, but a space replaces leading 0
%h Same as %b
%j Decimal dey of the year on 3 digits
%m Decimal month on 2 digits
%n Newline character
%p AM or PM
%r 12-hour clock time with AM/PM
%s Number of seconds since the epoch
%t Tab character
%w Decimal day of the week (0=Sunday)
%x Same as %D
%y Decimal year on 2 digits
SEE ALSO time(2), ctime(3), readclock(8).
DATE(1)