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STRPTIME(1) User Commands STRPTIME(1)
NAME
strptime - Command line version of the C function
SYNOPSIS
strptime [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [-t|--time] [-q|--quiet]
DESCRIPTION
strptime 0.2.7
[-fSTRING|--format=STRING] [-iSTRING|--input-format=STRING]
[-e|--backslash-escapes] [-S|--sed-mode] [FMTs]...
Parse input from stdin according to one of the given formats FMTs. The
format string specifiers are the same as for strptime(3).
-h, --help
Print help and exit
-V, --version
Print version and exit
-t, --time
also display time in the output, default is to display the date
-q, --quiet
Suppress message about date/time and duration parser errors.
-f, --format=STRING
Output format. This can either be a specifier string (similar
to strftime()'s FMT) or the name of a calendar.
-i, --input-format=STRING
Input format, can be used multiple times. Each date/time will
be passed to the input format parsers in the order they are
given, if a date/time can be read successfully with a given
input format specifier string, that value will be used.
-e, --backslash-escapes
Enable interpretation of backslash escapes in the output and
input format specifier strings.
-S, --sed-mode
Copy parts from the input before and after a matching date/time.
Note that all occurrences of date/times within a line will be
processed.
AUTHOR
Written by Sebastian Freundt <freundt@fresse.org>
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to: https://github.com/hroptatyr/dateutils/issues
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for strptime is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the info and strptime programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info (dateutils)strptime
should give you access to the complete manual.
dateutils 0.2.7 January 2014 STRPTIME(1)