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Old 03-06-2013
Date conversion from 24 hr format to 12 hr format
hi i want to convert date procured from sone operation which will be in 24hr format to 12 hr format displaying AM and PM


Code:
 
[root@dun ~]# date -d @1362545068
Tue Mar  5 23:44:28 EST 2013
[root@ ~]#

this
Code:
Tue Mar  5 23:44:28 EST 2013

i want to convert it so that output is as below

Code:
Tue Mar  5 23:44:28 EST 2013
03-05-2013 11.44 PM

any help is deeply appreciated. thanks
Last edited by vivek d r; 03-20-2013 at 11:40 AM..
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Old 03-06-2013
Code:
date -d"Tue Mar  5 23:44:28 EST 2013" +"%m-%d-%Y %I:%M %p"

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vivek d r
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Old 03-06-2013
thanks :-)

i just did some trial and error.. got it with below command

Code:
[root@ ~]# date "+%m-%d-%Y %r" --date='Tue Mar  5 23:40:10 EST 2013'
03-05-2013 11:40:10 PM
[root@ ~]#

Last edited by vivek d r; 03-20-2013 at 11:42 AM..
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