Re: [SLUG] two silly bash questions I can't find in google

[Robert Collins <robertc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 22:36 +1000, david wrote:

> Q2. what does the @ mean?
> 
> david@david:~$ date -d @1174306440
> Mon Mar 19 23:14:00 EST 2007
> 
> I got this from a google search - the string is from a mysql timestamp which 
> didn't include the @     I can't find a reference to @ in the date man page.

Its in 'info date', and that is referenced from man date in the section
about the string parameter to -d.

-Rob

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