How to change this time output ?
date --date="@$(echo $(TZ=UTC date +%s) - $(date +%s)'%(5*60)-(5*60)' | bc)"
Output: za apr 12 00:25:00 CEST 2014
Should output in this layout: %Y%m%d%H%M
How to implement this in the string ?
Thanks!!
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Thanks but that gave me a really strange output, i have tryd that before.: date: invalid date ‘@2014041122311397255100’user3408380– user34083802014-04-11 22:41:23 +00:00Commented Apr 11, 2014 at 22:41
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Can you please show your expected output?Jessada Thutkawkorapin– Jessada Thutkawkorapin2014-04-11 22:43:26 +00:00Commented Apr 11, 2014 at 22:43
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za apr 12 00:35:00 CEST 2014 201404120035user3408380– user34083802014-04-11 22:45:27 +00:00Commented Apr 11, 2014 at 22:45
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2d="@$(echo $(TZ=UTC date +%s) - $(date +%s)'%(5*60)-(5*60)' | bc)"&&echo `date --date="$d"` `date --date="$d" +%Y%m%d%H%M`UIlrvnd– UIlrvnd2014-04-11 22:48:51 +00:00Commented Apr 11, 2014 at 22:48
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Thank you this works, but the time format is not UTC i see... it makes no sense if i change UTC is something else. date --date="@$(echo $(TZ=UTC date +%s) - $(date +%s)'%(5*60)-(5*60)' | bc)" +%Y%m%d%H%Muser3408380– user34083802014-04-11 22:57:44 +00:00Commented Apr 11, 2014 at 22:57
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i think this should do what you want:
d="@$(echo $(TZ=UTC date +%s) - $(date +%s)'%(5*60)-(5*60)' | bc)"&&echo `date --date="$d"` `date --date="$d" +%Y%m%d%H%M`
d="@$(echo $(TZ=UTC date +%s) - $(date +%s)'%(5*60)-(5*60)' | bc)"&&echo `date --date="$d" --utc` `date --date="$d" +%Y%m%d%H%M --utc`
Second one is in UTC.
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user3408380
Wow this works for me, you make me a very happy person!! Last question, how to get this in a variable ? When i echo $d it returns a strange string! @1397257200
UIlrvnd
Yeah, that's what you pass to date, to get it into a variable you do
var=$(d="@$(echo $(TZ=UTC date +%s) - $(date +%s)'%(5*60)-(5*60)' | bc)"&&echo `date --date="$d" --utc` `date --date="$d" +%Y%m%d%H%M --utc`).UIlrvnd
Oh, and by the way, you don't need
TZ=UTC, since date +%s returns seconds since 1 January 1970 UTC, so it's the same, regardless if you specify a timezone there. What the internal command does is get the reminder from date +%s/300(5 minutes), subtract that from date +%s and then subtract 300 from that.