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From: andyc@hpopd.HP.COM (Andrew Cunningham)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Re^2: Getting UNIX time from the shell
Message-ID: <4930003@hpopd.HP.COM>
Date: 21 Jun 89 08:44:12 GMT
References: <1343@cbnewsh.ATT.COM>
Organization: HP OPD, Pinewood UK.
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Usinh HP-UX 6.5 on a 9000/360, using
	date '+%H:%M:%S'
prints the date, so use command substitution to get this into the
variable you want us
e:

	time=`date +%H:%M:%S`  (sh)
or
	set time = `date +%H:%M:%S`  (csh)

to get each component:
	hrs=`date +%H`
	min=`date +%M`
	sec=`date +%S`


Hope this helps!
Andrew Cunningham

Disclaimer:  I am NOT speaking as an employee of HP.

Andrew Cunningham, HP Software Engineering Systems Division, Pinewood
E-mail:      andyc@hpopd               hplabs!hpopd!andyc