fdate

Short:        Date formatter, for ANY date
Author:       Chris F.A. Johnson
Uploader:     bq933 torfree net (Chris Johnson)
Type:         cli/util
Requires:     Should work on any Amiga
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

Date:	  1998/04/04

Similar to the Unix "date" command, fdate can display the current date in
any format.

Unlike the Unix "date" can display a date other than the current date.
You may also have it display the date of a file.

OPTIONS:
	 -? Print program information

	 The following options alter the date that will be displayed
	 (NOTE: These do not set the system date or time)

	 -d n Day
	 -m n Month
	 -M n Minute
	 -y n Year (0-199 - relative to 1900)
	 -Y n Year (19nn)
	 -s n Second
	 -h n Hour
	 -f file   Use date of 'file'
	 -E   Easter
	 -j n Julian_Date
	 -o n (Offset by n days)
	 -F First day of month
	 -L Last day of month

e.g.
    > fdate -m 12 -d 25 -Y 1996 -h 12 -M 33 -s 0
    Wednesday 25 December 1996	12:33:00 pm

    > fdate -E -Y 1998
    Sunday 12 April 1998  08:13:23 pm

    > fdate -f fdate
    Saturday 04 April 1998  08:07:36 pm


FORMAT STRING (enclose in quotes if string contains spaces):

    %a	- Abbreviated name for the day of week
    %A	- Full name for the day of week
    %b	- Abbreviated name for the month
    %B	- Full name for the month
    %c	- Default representation for the date & time
    %d	- Day of the month 01-31
    %H	- Hour 00-23 (24 hour time)
    %I	- Hour 01-12  (12 hour time)
    %i	- International date: YYYY/MM/DD
    %j	- Day in the year 001-366
    %J	- Julian date (including time as fraction of the day)
    %L	- Lotus 1-2-3 date (including time as fraction of the day)
    %m	- Month 01-12
    %M	- Minute 00-59
    %S	- Second 00-59
    %p	- Indication of morning or afternoon: am or pm
    %P	- Indication of morning or afternoon: AM or PM
    %U	- Week of the year 00-53, Sunday is the first day in a week
    %w	- Day of the week 0-6, Sunday=0
    %W	- Day of the week 0-6, Monday=0
    %x	- Default representation for the date only
    %X	- Default representation for the time only
    %y	- Year modulo 100 (00-99)
    %Y	- Full year (e.g. 1990)
  %%,\% - a literal '%' character
  \n,\t - Newline, tab; any other character after \ is itself

e.g.

   > fdate "%i\t%J"
   1998/04/04	   2450907.84979166409

   > fdate "%d-%B-%Y"
   04-April-1998