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  2. From: Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net>
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  6. Subject: Re: HELP DATE - NOW not documented?
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  21. Arthur Marsh wrote, On 14/01/07 02:07:
  22. > Hi, I just needed to display the current UTC date and time at the 
  23. > C-Kermit prompt (using the current nightly build on Debian unstable) and 
  24. >  looked at the options using HELP DATE.
  25. > 
  26. > Although it wasn't (apparently) documented, I tried:
  27. > 
  28. > DATE NOW UTC
  29. > 
  30. > and obtained the desired result.
  31. > 
  32. > Could the "NOW" keyword be documented in the "HELP DATE" text please?
  33. > 
  34. > Regards,
  35. > 
  36. > Arthur.
  37.  
  38. Correction, DATE NOW UTC gave me a didn't give me the correct time, it 
  39. ADDED 10:30 to the local time instead of subtracting it (My current 
  40. local timezone is UTC+10:30):
  41.  
  42. date
  43. 20070114 02:22:51
  44. (/home/amarsh04/) C-Kermit>date now
  45. 20070114 02:22:53
  46. (/home/amarsh04/) C-Kermit>date now utc
  47. 20070114 12:52:57
  48. (/home/amarsh04/) C-Kermit>date now -10:30
  49. 20070113 15:53:08
  50. (/home/amarsh04/) C-Kermit>