On 2010-03-29 16:35, Mike McClain wrote: [snip]
Thanks a lot. Though my error was pointed out as a typo and corrected a while back your solution using " date '+%s' " is much more elegant than what I had done.
If you want more (possibly too much) precision: $ date +'%s.%N' -- "History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid." Dwight Eisenhower