Linux how to convert time format to epoch time?

Question

I have the following time format: 2019-03-08T17:35:44Z

How can I convert that, using nothing but Linux commands, to epoch time?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 08 '19 at 22:58

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Use:

date -d "2019-03-08T17:35:44Z" +%s
1552066544

To get the current epoch time:

date +%s
1552085639

answered Mar 08 '19 at 22:58

entropy

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Please abstain from answering obvious duplicate questions. Thanks. – tripleee Mar 09 '19 at 07:36

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