From 5ba6e0949cef1a5b947dd59665bad1ca5066619d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 04:08:16 +0100 Subject: time: support @ syntax for denoting times since the UNIX epoch 1970-1-1 --- man/systemd.time.xml | 16 +++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'man/systemd.time.xml') diff --git a/man/systemd.time.xml b/man/systemd.time.xml index a837f232c3..0706cdf54a 100644 --- a/man/systemd.time.xml +++ b/man/systemd.time.xml @@ -153,14 +153,19 @@ When parsing, systemd will also accept relative time specifications. A time span (see above) that is prefixed with + is evaluated to the - current time plus the specified - time span. Correspondingly, a time span that is prefixed + current time plus the specified time + span. Correspondingly, a time span that is prefixed with - is evaluated to the current time minus the specified time span. Instead of - prefixing the time span with -, it - may also be suffixed with a space and the word + prefixing the time span with + or + -, it may also be suffixed with a + space and the word left or ago. + Finally, a timespan prefixed with + @ is evaluated relative to the UNIX + time epoch 1st Jan, 1970, 00:00. + Examples for valid timestamps and their normalized form (assuming the current time was 2012-11-23 18:15:22): @@ -177,7 +182,8 @@ tomorrow → Fri 2012-11-24 00:00:00 +3h30min → Fri 2012-11-23 21:45:22 -5s → Fri 2012-11-23 18:15:17 - 11min ago → Fri 2012-11-23 18:04:22 + 11min ago → Fri 2012-11-23 18:04:22 + @1395716396 → Tue 2014-03-25 03:59:56 Note that timestamps printed by systemd will not be parsed correctly by systemd, as the timezone -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf