question, not bug

Matthew Smith <[email protected]> Thu, 5 Sep 2002 01:05:33 -0400 (EDT)

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.sh-utils.bugs
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

i'm using date (GNU sh-utils) 2.0 and i'm not sure if i'd be permitted to
upgrade to another version, but my question is
is there a common way to supply date --date with 'time in seconds since
the Epoch' instead of a YYYYMMDD or similar format?

if so, could you send me an example of correct syntax?
i didn't see anything about it in the man or info docs.

thank you for your time.

sincerely,
  Matthew Smith