11-22-2010
GNU date makes a lot of problems simple to the point any other system feels lacking without it. "How do I translate this date?" "Use GNU date" "I don't have GNU date" "Use this 9-page shell script, then (but not on leap years!)"
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Hello All,
Greetings all !!
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