dm_date(1)

1DM_DATE(1)            User Contributed Perl Documentation           DM_DATE(1)
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NAME

6       dm_date - print out the system date and time
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SYNOPSIS

9       This performs the same operation as the unix 'date' command, but using
10       the Date::Manip module.
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12          dm_date [OPTION]... [+FORMAT]
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DESCRIPTION

15       This displays information about the current system time, or some other
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18       -h, --help
19           Print online help.
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21       -d STRING, --date=STRING
22           Display time described by STRING. STRING can be any string which
23           can be parsed by Date::Manip.  Please refer to the
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26       -f DATEFILE, --file=DATEFILE
27           This reads each line in DATEFILE, and extracts a date from it and
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30           Blank lines and lines starting with a pound (#) are ignored. Lines
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33       -r FILE, --reference=FILE
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36       -R, --rfc-2822
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39           Example: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:34:56 -0600
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41       -u, --utc, --universal
42           Converts the date to UT (GMT) and prints out the information.
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44       Only one of -d, -f, or -r should be included. If more than one is
45       included, the first one from the list (-d, -f, -r) is used and any
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48       The format string starts with a plus (+) and contains any of the format
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KNOWN BUGS

52       None known.
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BUGS AND QUESTIONS

55       Please refer to the Date::Manip::Problems documentation for information
56       on submitting bug reports or questions to the author.
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LICENSE

62       This script is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
63       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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AUTHOR

66       Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org)
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