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From: Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net>
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Subject: Re: HELP DATE - NOW not documented?
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Arthur Marsh wrote, On 14/01/07 02:07:
> Hi, I just needed to display the current UTC date and time at the
> C-Kermit prompt (using the current nightly build on Debian unstable) and
> looked at the options using HELP DATE.
>
> Although it wasn't (apparently) documented, I tried:
>
> DATE NOW UTC
>
> and obtained the desired result.
>
> Could the "NOW" keyword be documented in the "HELP DATE" text please?
>
> Regards,
>
> Arthur.
Correction, DATE NOW UTC gave me a didn't give me the correct time, it
ADDED 10:30 to the local time instead of subtracting it (My current
local timezone is UTC+10:30):
date
20070114 02:22:51
(/home/amarsh04/) C-Kermit>date now
20070114 02:22:53
(/home/amarsh04/) C-Kermit>date now utc
20070114 12:52:57
(/home/amarsh04/) C-Kermit>date now -10:30
20070113 15:53:08
(/home/amarsh04/) C-Kermit>