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L postdate
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<h1>postdate</h1>
Section: User Commands (1)<br>Updated: September 20, 2012<br><a href="#index">Index</a>
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<h2>NAME</h2>
<dl>
<dd>
<p>postdate - find and display the nearest date in the future</p>
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
<dl>
<dd>
<p>
<b>postdate</b>
[
<b>-in</b>
]
[
<b>-f</b>
<i>format</i>
]
[
<b>-p</b>
<i>date</i>
]
<i>hint</i>
[
<i>hint</i>
[
<i>..</i>
]
]
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
<dl>
<dd>
<p>
<b>postdate</b>
tries to find out and display the nearest date with the
<i>hint</i>
given.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>OPTIONS</h2>
<dl>
<dd>
<dl>
<dt><b>-f</b><i> format</i></dt>
<dd>
<p>output in <i>format</i> (see <b><a href="http://linux.die.net/man/3/strftime">strftime</a></b>(3))</p>
</dd>
<dt><b>-i</b></dt>
<dd>
<p>generate result inclusive of the starting date</p>
</dd>
<dt><b>-n</b></dt>
<dd>
<p>output the starting date as the first entry</p>
</dd>
<dt><b>-p</b><i> date</i></dt>
<dd>
<p>generate result beyond <i>date</i> (default: current date)</p>
</dd>
<dt><b>-h</b></dt>
<dd>
<p>display help and exit</p>
</dd>
<dt><i>hint</i></dt>
<dd>
<p>a string that <b>postdate</b> bases on to generate the nearest future date. </p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>DATE STRING</h2>
<dl>
<dd>
<p>
<i>date</i>
and
<i>hint</i>
can be specified in the form of "y-m-d", "m-d", or "d", where "-" can be replaced by "." or "/".
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
<dl>
<dd>
<p>
<b><a href="http://linux.die.net/man/3/strftime">strftime</a></b>(3)
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>AUTHORS</h2>
<dl compact>
<dd><p>Written by Chun-Kwong Wong.</p></dd>
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<h2>LICENSING</h2>
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<dd>
<p>
This program is released and distributed under the GNU GPL version 3. Please visit <<a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html</a>> for more information.
</p>
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</dl>
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<a name="index"> </a><h2>Index</h2>
<dl>
<dt><a href="#lbAB">NAME</a><dd>
<dt><a href="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</a><dd>
<dt><a href="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</a><dd>
<dt><a href="#lbAE">OPTIONS</a><dd>
<dt><a href="#lbAF">DATE STRING</a><dd>
<dt><a href="#lbAG">SEE ALSO</a><dd>
<dt><a href="#lbAH">AUTHORS</a><dd>
<dt><a href="#lbAI">LICENSING</a><dd>
</dl>
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