Unix Timestamp in Filepro

[ryan at bulldogsoftware.com]

On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 06:30:37AM -0500, Rod Caddy said:

> I need to generate a Unix timestamp to interface with an sql system.  My
> precision has to be to the micro-second and we will be calculating from 
> 01/01/2005 1 second.  This will be done on a SCO Unix 5.0.5 system with 
> 4.5 filepro.  I am either having a brain fart and can not find what I 
> need or am clueless.  I do not know which is more embarrassing.  Thanks 
> for your input.

Here is one way:

date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S

and if you can handle nanoseconds:

date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S.%N

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Ryan Powers
Bulldog Software, Inc.
http://www.bulldogsoftware.com
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