[SOLVED] Convert field from epoch to human readable
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An aside note: awk here is useful to extract the 2nd field from a file, but in general, you can convert from epoch to calendar date using the GNU date command, example:
Code:
$ date -ud @1325914841
Sat Jan 7 05:40:41 UTC 2012
Note the @ before the number: it informs the date command that the argument is a time in seconds from epoch (otherwise it tries to interpret it as a date of some - unknown - type).
An aside note: awk here is useful to extract the 2nd field from a file, but in general, you can convert from epoch to calendar date using the GNU date command, example:
Code:
$ date -ud @1325914841
Sat Jan 7 05:40:41 UTC 2012
Note the @ before the number: it informs the date command that the argument is a time in seconds from epoch (otherwise it tries to interpret it as a date of some - unknown - type).
An aside note: awk here is useful to extract the 2nd field from a file, but in general, you can convert from epoch to calendar date using the GNU date command, example:
Code:
$ date -ud @1325914841
Sat Jan 7 05:40:41 UTC 2012
Note the @ before the number: it informs the date command that the argument is a time in seconds from epoch (otherwise it tries to interpret it as a date of some - unknown - type).
I knew it but I couldn't use in this case, I've found awk is better here... thanks anyway
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