I am using this code to name files in an .sh file in wheezy for Pi camera .jpg's.
filename=$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%d_%H_%M")_%01d-T2.jpg
These are the output file names.
2015-12-08_16_32_1-T2.jpg
2015-12-08_16_32_2-T2.jpg
2015-12-08_16_52_1-T2.jpg
2015-12-08_16_52_2-T2.jpg
.
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It is 6 hours off.(I am in Mountain standard)
I suspect the -u is the universal time, but I can't find any thing on changing it on the web.
Am I on the right path?
How can I set to MS time?
Re: Date in .sh file
Have you set your timezone correctly ?
PeterO
PeterO
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Interests: C,Python,PIC,Electronics,Ham Radio (G0DZB),1960s British Computers.
"The primary requirement (as we've always seen in your examples) is that the code is readable. " Dougie Lawson
Re: Date in .sh file
If you leave out the "-u", it should "just work". I.e., use your local timezone.
"If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody come sit next to me." — Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Re: Date in .sh file
Using -u will display the date in UTC (GMT) regardless of your settings and timezone. Why are you using it?
The date command without the -u will show local time
The date command without the -u will show local time
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rpdom@gallifrey1@~$ TZ="MST" date -u +"%Y-%m-%d_%H_%M"
2015-12-08_17_40
rpdom@gallifrey1@~$ TZ="MST" date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H_%M"
2015-12-08_10_40
Re: Date in .sh file
If their timezone isn't set correctly taking out the "-u" still won't give the desired result !
PeterO
PeterO
Discoverer of the PI2 XENON DEATH FLASH!
Interests: C,Python,PIC,Electronics,Ham Radio (G0DZB),1960s British Computers.
"The primary requirement (as we've always seen in your examples) is that the code is readable. " Dougie Lawson
Interests: C,Python,PIC,Electronics,Ham Radio (G0DZB),1960s British Computers.
"The primary requirement (as we've always seen in your examples) is that the code is readable. " Dougie Lawson
Re: Date in .sh file
Agreed, that too.PeterO wrote:If their timezone isn't set correctly taking out the "-u" still won't give the desired result !
Re: Date in .sh file
Thank you.
Re: Date in .sh file
Thank you all so much.
That was it!
I had set my timezone, so all OK.
The reason it was there is:
I am new to this, and get programs I don't understand, then try to figure out what they do and modify them to my wants.
This was one of those.
How about changing to 12 hr. am/pm?
That was it!
I had set my timezone, so all OK.
The reason it was there is:
I am new to this, and get programs I don't understand, then try to figure out what they do and modify them to my wants.
This was one of those.
How about changing to 12 hr. am/pm?
Re: Date in .sh file
Personally I despise am/pm notation, but it can be done:MrAClem wrote:Thank you all so much.
That was it!
I had set my timezone, so all OK.
The reason it was there is:
I am new to this, and get programs I don't understand, then try to figure out what they do and modify them to my wants.
This was one of those.
How about changing to 12 hr. am/pm?
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix ... r-display/