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DM_DATE

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NAME

dm_date − print out the system date and time

SYNOPSIS

This performs the same operation as the unix ’date’ command, but using the Date::Manip module.

dm_date [OPTION]... [+FORMAT]

DESCRIPTION

This displays information about the current system time, or some other time. Options are:
−h, −−help

Print online help.

−d STRING, −−date=STRING

Display time described by STRING. STRING can be any string which can be parsed by Date::Manip. Please refer to the Date::Manip::Date documentation for details.

−f DATEFILE, −−file=DATEFILE

This reads each line in DATEFILE, and extracts a date from it and prints out the information.

Blank lines and lines starting with a pound (#) are ignored. Lines not containing a valid date are also ignored.

−r FILE, −−reference=FILE

Displays the last modification time of FILE.

−R, −−rfc−2822

Displayc the date and time in RFC 2822 format.

Example: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:34:56 −0600

−u, −−utc, −−universal

Converts the date to UT ( GMT ) and prints out the information.

Only one of −d, −f, or −r should be included. If more than one is included, the first one from the list (−d, −f, −r) is used and any other is ignored.

The format string starts with a plus (+) and contains any of the format directives described in Date::Manip::Date.

KNOWN BUGS

None known.

BUGS AND QUESTIONS

Please refer to the Date::Manip::Problems documentation for information on submitting bug reports or questions to the author.

LICENSE

This script is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHOR

Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org)

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