convert epoch time to readable time foramt

Question

I wrote a code which convert epoch time to readable time

sd=`date -d '1970-01-01 UTC '$SDATE' seconds' +"%d-%m-%Y"`

the output is : 27-12-2002 but I want the output to be : 27/Nov/2002

how should i change my code?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 28 '11 at 08:17

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sd=`date -d '1970-01-01 UTC '$SDATE' seconds' +"%d/%b/%Y"

I believe

answered Sep 28 '11 at 08:17

Dan

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 28 '11 at 09:06

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There's a shortcut for "time from unix stamp": date -d @$STAMP. For the output, read man date

answered Sep 28 '11 at 09:06

Creshal

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 28 '11 at 08:20

1

Use %b instead:

sd=`date -d '1970-01-01 UTC '$SDATE' seconds' +"%d/%b/%Y"`

Read man date for more details:

answered Sep 28 '11 at 08:20

quanta

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