On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Rainer Zocholl (RZ) wrote:
RZ>
RZ> >the calculated time IS correct. you can use the small tool 'time' from
RZ> >nvram-wakeup package:
RZ>
RZ> > # ./time 1117634400
RZ> > (time_t) 1117634400
RZ> > (local time) Wed Jun 1 16:00:00 2005
RZ> > (utc/gmt) Wed Jun 1 14:00:00 2005
RZ>
RZ> >or, if you trust 'date', use this:
RZ>
RZ> > # date +%s -d "Wed Jun 1 16:00:00 CEST 2005"
RZ> > 1117634400
RZ>
RZ>
RZ> I forgot to copy that test done here:
RZ>
RZ> msi:~/video/nvram/nvram-wakeup# ./time 1117634400
RZ> (time_t) 1117634400
RZ> (local time) Wed Jun 1 16:00:00 2005
RZ> (utc/gmt) Wed Jun 1 14:00:00 2005
RZ>
RZ>
RZ> But why:
try reading documentation on time_t (e.g. in glibc manual)
again, the following commandos _do_not_ convert time_t back to human
readable format. unfortunately (AFAIK), date has only the way
humanreadable -> time_t (see example above)
RZ> # date -d "1970-01-01 1117634400 sec CET"
RZ> Wed Jun 1 15:00:00 CEST 2005
RZ> # date -d "1970-01-01 1117634400 sec CEST"
RZ> Wed Jun 1 15:00:00 CEST 2005
RZ> # date -d "1970-01-01 1117634400 sec GMT"
RZ> Wed Jun 1 16:00:00 CEST 2005
RZ> # date -d "1970-01-01 1117634400 sec WET"
RZ> Wed Jun 1 16:00:00 CEST 2005
Sergei
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