[Popcon-commits] cvs commit to popularity-contest by ballombe

[ballombe at cvs.alioth.debian.org]

Update of /cvsroot/popcon/popularity-contest
In directory haydn:/tmp/cvs-serv3341

Modified Files:
	FAQ 
Log Message:
Add question about converting timestamp to date.


Index: FAQ
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RCS file: /cvsroot/popcon/popularity-contest/FAQ,v
retrieving revision 1.11
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -d -r1.11 -r1.12
--- FAQ	26 Mar 2006 13:51:19 -0000	1.11
+++ FAQ	26 Mar 2006 14:29:47 -0000	1.12
@@ -75,4 +75,17 @@
 run this commmand as root:
 
   dpkg-reconfigure popularity-contest
- 
+
+Q) How can I convert the timestamps in the popcon report to human-readable 
+dates ?
+
+A) The timestamps are just the number of seconds since the epoch, namely
+1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC.  You can convert e.g. 1139229934 to a human-readable
+date with
+
+  date -d '1970-01-01 UTC 1139229934 seconds'
+
+or on Etch and later systems, the following is shorter:
+
+  date -d '@1139229934'
+