On Thu, 4 May 2000, EXT-Moore, Kirk W wrote: kw> Dear list..... (Notice the nice start) kw> kw> I am in need of some advice.... I am trying to figure out a way to take a specific date and convert it to the unix time. i.e.... 07/15/99 and convert that to the unix time for that specific date lets say at noon. I have pondered this... and am at a lose.... kw> kw> I am talking about the time that started 1/1/70... ( I believe....) kw> kw> Try, man 1 date, for example: kull@daydream:~ > date --date=07/15/1999 Thu Jul 15 00:00:00 PDT 1999 or kull@daydream:~ > date --date=1/1/70 Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 PST 1970 kw> thanks in advance..... kw> -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - www.primenet.com/~tomas SuSE Linux v6.3+ - Kernel 2.2.14 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/