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Old 06-04-2002
Question how do you change the time format from 24_hour to 12_hour
Hello there!!!

I need to change the time format on a Unix development box running Sun OS 5.7 from military time to 12_hour.

Thanks
# 2  
Old 06-04-2002
you can modify

/usr/bin/date [-u] [[mmdd]HHMM | mmddHHMM[cc]yy][.SS]

HH will be the hour number format of 24hours and 12 hours. Give a try, Do post back the results.
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Old 06-05-2002
No no no... don't change the time...
RTFM - read the f(ine?) manual..

Every date man page I have seen lists options for formatting output of the date command.
For example, on a Linux system you could do this:
date +%r

Read your man page though - that's not necessarily portable.
# 4  
Old 06-06-2002
Thanks for the input.

I agree. I will be using mm/dd/yy %r + format

I found this by doing a man strf time.

Thanks for your prompt response
 
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