convert epoch time to readable time foramt

Question

I wrote a code which convert epoch time to readable time

sd=`date -d '1970-01-01 UTC '$SDATE' seconds' +"%d-%m-%Y"`

the output is : 27-12-2002 but I want the output to be : 27/Nov/2002

how should i change my code?

Dan · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-28 08:17:42Z

up vote 3 down vote accepted

sd=`date -d '1970-01-01 UTC '$SDATE' seconds' +"%d/%b/%Y"

I believe

answered Sep 28 '11 at 8:17

Dan
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Creshal · Answer 2 · 2011-09-28 09:06:39Z

up vote 2 down vote

There's a shortcut for "time from unix stamp": date -d @$STAMP. For the output, read man date

answered Sep 28 '11 at 9:06

Creshal
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quanta · Answer 3 · 2011-09-28 08:20:11Z

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Use %b instead:

sd=`date -d '1970-01-01 UTC '$SDATE' seconds' +"%d/%b/%Y"`

Read man date for more details:

answered Sep 28 '11 at 8:20

quanta
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