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- fmtclock clockval [format] [GMT|{}]
- Converts a Unix integer time value, typically returned
- by getclock, convertclock, or the atime, mtime, or
- ctime options of the file command, to human-readable
- form. The format argument is a string that describes
- how the date and time are to be formatted. Field
- descriptors consist of a ``%'' followed by a field
- descriptor character. All other characters are copied
- into the result. Valid field descriptors are:
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- %% - Insert a %.
- %a - Abbreviated weekday name.
- %A - Full weekday name
- %b - Abbreviated month name.
- %B - Full month name.
- %d - Day of month (01 - 31).
- %D - Date as %m/%d/%y.
- %e - Day of month (1-31), no leading zeros.
- %h - Abbreviated month name.
- %H - Hour (00 - 23).
- %I - Hour (00 - 12).
- %j - Day number of year (001 - 366).
- %m - Month number (01 - 12).
- %M - Minute (00 - 59).
- %n - Insert a new line.
- %p - AM or PM.
- %r - Time as %I:%M:%S %p.
- %R - Time as %H:%M.
- %S - Seconds (00 - 59).
- %t - Insert a tab.
- %T - Time as %H:%M:%S.
- %U - Week number of year (01 - 52), Sunday is the first
- day of the week.
- %w - Weekday number (Sunday = 0).
- %W - Week number of year (01 - 52), Monday is the first
- day of the week.
- %x - Local specific date format.
- %X - Local specific time format.
- %y - Year within century (00 - 99).
- %Y - Year as ccyy (e.g. 1990)
- %Z - Time zone name.
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- If format is not specified, "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Z %Y"
- is used. If GMT is specified, the time will be
- formated as Greenwich Mean Time. If the argument is not
- specified or is empty, then the local timezone will be
- used as defined by the TIMEZONE environment variable.
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