pdate attempts to parse a given date/timestamp string, trying different formats. Once it parses the timestamp, it presents the parsed timestamp in UTC and your local timezone.
$ pdate 2022-10-06T17:49:19Z
input: 2022-10-06T17:49:19Z
parsed: 2022-10-06 17:49:19 UTC
(verify this matches your input)
UTC: 2022-10-06 5:49:19 PM
2022-10-06T17:49:19Z
local: 2022-10-06 1:49:19 PM EDT
(28 days ago)
$ pdate 1665001628419
input: 1665001628419
parsed: 2022-10-05 16:27:08 EDT
(verify this matches your input)
UTC: 2022-10-05 8:27:08 PM
2022-10-05T20:27:08Z
local: 2022-10-05 4:27:08 PM EDT
(29 days ago)
$ pdate "01D78XZ44G0000000000000000"
input: 01D78XZ44G0000000000000000
parsed: 2019-03-30 23:51:23 EDT
(verify this matches your input/expectations)
UTC: 2019-03-31 3:51:23 AM
2019-03-31T03:51:23Z
local: 2019-03-30 11:51:23 PM EDT
(2019-03-30 23:51:23 EDT)
$ pdate
input: now
UTC: 2022-11-03 3:08:53 PM
2022-11-03T15:08:53Z
local: 2022-11-03 11:08:53 AM EDT
brew install cdzombak/oss/pdateInstall my Debian repository if you haven't already:
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://dist.cdzombak.net/deb.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/dist-cdzombak-net.gpg
sudo chmod 0644 /etc/apt/keyrings/dist-cdzombak-net.gpg
echo -e "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/dist-cdzombak-net.gpg] https://dist.cdzombak.net/deb/oss any oss\n" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dist-cdzombak-net.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-get updateThen install pdate via apt-get:
sudo apt-get install pdateA working Go installation is required.
git clone https://github.com/cdzombak/pdate.git
cd pdate
go build -ldflags="-X main.version=$(./.version.sh)" -o /usr/local/bin/pdate .- clock.dzdz.cz displays the current time in UTC and your local timezone.
Apache 2.0; see LICENSE in this repo.
Chris Dzombak