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- Short: Date formatter, for ANY date
- Author: Chris F.A. Johnson
- Uploader: bq933@torfree.net (Chris Johnson)
- Type: cli/util
- Requires: Should work on any Amiga
-
- Date: 1998/04/04
-
- Similar to the Unix "date" command, fdate can display the current date in
- any format.
-
- Unlike the Unix "date" can display a date other than the current date.
- You may also have it display the date of a file.
-
- OPTIONS:
- -? Print program information
-
- The following options alter the date that will be displayed
- (NOTE: These do not set the system date or time)
-
- -d n Day
- -m n Month
- -M n Minute
- -y n Year (0-199 - relative to 1900)
- -Y n Year (19nn)
- -s n Second
- -h n Hour
- -f file Use date of 'file'
- -E Easter
- -j n Julian_Date
- -o n (Offset by n days)
- -F First day of month
- -L Last day of month
-
- e.g.
- > fdate -m 12 -d 25 -Y 1996 -h 12 -M 33 -s 0
- Wednesday 25 December 1996 12:33:00 pm
-
- > fdate -E -Y 1998
- Sunday 12 April 1998 08:13:23 pm
-
- > fdate -f fdate
- Saturday 04 April 1998 08:07:36 pm
-
-
- FORMAT STRING (enclose in quotes if string contains spaces):
-
- %a - Abbreviated name for the day of week
- %A - Full name for the day of week
- %b - Abbreviated name for the month
- %B - Full name for the month
- %c - Default representation for the date & time
- %d - Day of the month 01-31
- %H - Hour 00-23 (24 hour time)
- %I - Hour 01-12 (12 hour time)
- %i - International date: YYYY/MM/DD
- %j - Day in the year 001-366
- %J - Julian date (including time as fraction of the day)
- %L - Lotus 1-2-3 date (including time as fraction of the day)
- %m - Month 01-12
- %M - Minute 00-59
- %S - Second 00-59
- %p - Indication of morning or afternoon: am or pm
- %P - Indication of morning or afternoon: AM or PM
- %U - Week of the year 00-53, Sunday is the first day in a week
- %w - Day of the week 0-6, Sunday=0
- %W - Day of the week 0-6, Monday=0
- %x - Default representation for the date only
- %X - Default representation for the time only
- %y - Year modulo 100 (00-99)
- %Y - Full year (e.g. 1990)
- %%,\% - a literal '%' character
- \n,\t - Newline, tab; any other character after \ is itself
-
- e.g.
-
- > fdate "%i\t%J"
- 1998/04/04 2450907.84979166409
-
- > fdate "%d-%B-%Y"
- 04-April-1998
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