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/usr/bin/dm_date

Perl date manipulation routines

From perl-date-manip 7.00-r1 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running dm_date --help (exit 0). permalink

usage: dm_date OPTIONS
      -h/--help        : Print help.

      Options to tell which date to print (only one of
      the following should be entered... if none are,
      'now' is printed).

      -d/--date=STRING : Print information about that date.
      -f/--file=FILE   : Print out each date (1/line) in FILE
      -r/--reference=FILE
                       : Print out the last modification
                         time of FILE

      Other options

      -R/--rfc-2822    : Print the date in RFC 2822 format
                         (any +FORMAT string is ignored)
                         Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:34:56 -0600
      -u/--utc/--universal:
                         Converts date(s) to UT time.
Options (6)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpPrint online help.man
-d, --date STRINGDisplay time described by STRING.man
-f, --file DATEFILEThis reads each line in DATEFILE, and extracts a date from it and prints out the information.man
-r, --reference FILEDisplays the last modification time of FILE.man
-R, --rfc-2822Displayc the date and time in RFC 2822 format.man
-u, --utc, --universalConverts the date to UT (GMT) and prints out the information.man

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.