How to get previous 5 min time stamp in hh:mm format ?


 
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Old 04-13-2010
Question How to get previous 5 min time stamp in hh:mm format ?

Hi All,

How to get previous 5 min time stamp in hh:mm format ?

suresh
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Old 04-13-2010
one way:
Code:
-bash-3.1$ date -d '5 min ago' +'%H:%M'
13:23
-bash-3.1$ date --version
date (GNU coreutils) 5.97

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