dm_date - print out the system date and time
This performs the same operation as the unix 'date' command, but using the Date::Manip module.
dm_date [OPTION]... [+FORMAT]
This displays information about the current system time, or some other time. Options are:
Print online help.
Display time described by STRING. STRING can be any string which can be parsed by Date::Manip. Please refer to the Date::Manip::Date documentation for details.
This reads each line in DATEFILE, and extracts a date from it and prints out the information.
Blank lines and lines starting with a pound (#) are ignored. Lines not containing a valid date are also ignored.
Displays the last modification time of FILE.
Displayc the date and time in RFC 2822 format.
Example: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:34:56 -0600
Converts the date to UT (GMT) and prints out the information.
Only one of -d, -f, or -r should be included. If more than one is included, the first one from the list (-d, -f, -r) is used and any other is ignored.
The format string starts with a plus (+) and contains any of the format directives described in Date::Manip::Date.
None known.
Please refer to the Date::Manip::Problems documentation for information on submitting bug reports or questions to the author.
Date::Manip::Date
This script is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org)
To install Date::Manip, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Date::Manip
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Date::Manip
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.