-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I wrote:

"Daniel R. Oelke" <droelke@rdxsunhost.aud.alcatel.com> writes:

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date "+%S %M 60 * + %H 3600 * + %j 86400 * + %y 31536000 * + p" | dc

date +"%S %M 60 * + %H 3600 * + %j 1 - 86400 * + %y 70 - 31536000 * + %y 69 - 4 / 86400 * + 3600 4 * + p" |dc

which has a bit of cruft in it to get universal time, and

date +"%S %M 60 * + %H 3600 * + %j 1 - 86400 * + %y 70 - 31536000 * + %y 69 - 4 / 86400 * + p" |dc

which returns local time, which is probably what you wanted anyway.

Well, I overlooked the obvious: You can simply add -u to the above to get universal time i.e., date -u +... etc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMEOyexEcrOJethBVAQGtFwP9GG27cR3UvJX4/gsO8SK3L3pHGv5mjNp+ 0mkRwOg+bj+cf44xAxXZ7/iFU2xaT4sAUvqwIaqbv6AfQgwnqTjAZKIR11KtlKPN 1xDkPXArU4PWSjoFal60Qsuqzacauu99wwUfsILhr8S2xWMj406JdTZPMapgZJI0 N2agSYMj6pY= =LI+M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- David R. Conrad, ab411@detroit.freenet.org, http://www.grfn.org/~conrad Finger conrad@grfn.org for PGP 2.6 public key; it's also on my home page Key fingerprint = 33 12 BC 77 48 81 99 A5 D8 9C 43 16 3C 37 0B 50 Jerry Garcia, August 1, 1942 - August 9, 1995. Requiescat in pace.