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Updated: September 20, 2012
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NAME

postdate - find and display the nearest date in the future

 

SYNOPSIS

postdate [ -in ] [ -f format ] [ -p date ] hint [ hint [ .. ] ]

 

DESCRIPTION

postdate tries to find out and display the nearest date with the hint given.

 

OPTIONS

-f format

output in format (see strftime(3))

-i

generate result inclusive of the starting date

-n

output the starting date as the first entry

-p date

generate result beyond date (default: current date)

-h

display help and exit

hint

a string that postdate bases on to generate the nearest future date.

 

DATE STRING

date and hint can be specified in the form of "y-m-d", "m-d", or "d", where "-" can be replaced by "." or "/".

 

SEE ALSO

strftime(3)

 

AUTHORS

Written by Chun-Kwong Wong.

 

LICENSING

This program is released and distributed under the GNU GPL version 3. Please visit <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> for more information.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
DATE STRING
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
LICENSING

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