Using the date function to return a date a few minutes in tne future - is this possible? 2

[bazil2]

(Elementary user)

I am using the following syntax to get the date in various notifications:

#date(%d-%m-%y_%H:%M:%S)#

This returns for example:

18-06-12_11:33:22

My goal is to 'add' another five minutes to the output, as in: #date(%d-%m-%y_%H:%M+5:%S)#

From researching some posts, it looks possible using Pearl for example, however does anyone know if it possible only using the date command?

Best regards

 

[feherke]

Hi

Yes, GNU [tt]date[/tt]' [tt]-d[/tt] option is quiet versatile :

date -d 'now + 5 minutes' +'%d-%m-%y_%H:%M:%S'

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date -d '5min' +'%d-%m-%y_%H:%M:%S'

Feherke.
[link feherke.github.com/]

http://feherke.github.com/

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