NAME

     convdate - convert time/date strings and numbers

SYNOPSIS

     convdate [ -c ] [ -n ] [ -s ] arg...

DESCRIPTION

     Convdate translate the date/time strings specified as  argu-
     ments  on  its  command line, outputing the results one to a
     line.

OPTIONS

     -c   If the ``-c'' flag is used, then each argument is taken
          to be a time_t and is output in ctime format.

     -n   If the ``-n'' flag is used, then each argument is taken
          as  a  date  string to be parsed by parsedate(3) and is
          output as a time_t; see time(2).

     -s   If the ``-s'' flag is used, then each argument is taken
          as  a  date  string to be parsed by parsedate(3) and is
          output as a string formatted by ctime(3).  This is  the
          default.

EXAMPLES

          % convdate 'feb 10 10am'
          Sun Feb 10 10:00:00 1991

          % convdate 12pm 5/4/90
          Fri Dec 13 00:00:00 1991
          Fri May  4 00:00:00 1990

          % convdate -n 'feb 10 10am' '12pm 5/4/90'
          666198000
          641880000

          % convdate -c 666198000
          Sun Feb 10 10:00:00 1991

HISTORY

     Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net>.  This is revision
     1.5, dated 1996/10/29.

SEE ALSO

     parsedate(3).