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DATETIME -- Shell command line date-time syntax     83/08/01


  Many  commands require you to specify a date and/or time of day as an argument
  to  certain  command  options.    $  LD  -DTM  date,  for  instance,  requests
  information on files modified after a certain date and time.

  The general date-time syntax is

        [[[yy]yy/]mm/dd][.][hh:mm[:ss]]  |  TODAY

  If  the date portion is omitted, today's date is assumed.  If the time portion
  is omitted, midnight (00:00) is assumed.    The  time  must  be  specified  in
  24-hour  format.   If both time and date are specified, they must be separated
  by a period (.), with no intervening space.

    Examples:

        19:00               7 PM today
        today               midnight today
        82/1/1              midnight, January 1, 1982
        82/03/23.10:00:01   10:00:01 AM on March 23, 1982

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