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Originally Posted by mohanalakshmi

HI i have a doubt on the below command,

Code:

TZ=CST7CDT date '+%Y-%b-%d %T'

This gives the time which is 1 hr before time from the current time.
May i know how to get the time which is past 15 mins .
i.e if current time is

Code:

2014-Oct-08 22:30:51

my expected output is

Code:

2014-Oct-08 22:15:51

Thanks for your help.

If:

Code:

TZ=CST6CDT date '+%Y-%b-%d %T'

gives you the current time:

Code:

TZ=CST6:15CDT date '+%Y-%b-%d %T'

should give you the time 15 minutes ago.

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