Re: [OT] Friday the 13th

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 02/14/2009 04:21 AM, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 08:16:49AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 02/10/2009 07:30 AM, Thierry Chatelet wrote:
> > > How srange:
> > > $ date -d@1234567890
> > > Sat Feb 14 00:31:30 CET 2009
> > What's so strange about people in different time zones getting different 
> > results?
> >
> > $ date -d@1234567890
> > Fri Feb 13 17:31:30 CST 2009
> >
> > $ date --utc -d@1234567890
> > Fri Feb 13 23:31:30 UTC 2009
>
> tsk tsk
> date -ud@1234567890
> Fri Feb 13 23:31:30 UTC 2009
>
> Don't wear out your keyboard. :)

The academic in me says that "--utc" is clearer for newbies.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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