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---
title: "Convert a unix timestamp to a readable date"
date: 2011-01-06
description: the -d flag of the date command combined with @timestamp
tags:
  - toolbox
---

## The trick

I somehow have a hard time remembering this simple date flags *(probably because I rarely get to practice it), I decided to write it down here :

```sh
$ date -d @1294319676
Thu Jan 6 13:14:36 GMT 2011
```
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Long overdue first commit with content 2020-04-28 17:29:52 +02:00			`date: 2011-01-06`
First big articles reformatting now that I properly understand hugo 2021-03-11 19:47:26 +01:00			`description: the -d flag of the date command combined with @timestamp`
			`tags:`
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First big articles reformatting now that I properly understand hugo 2021-03-11 19:47:26 +01:00			`## The trick`

			`I somehow have a hard time remembering this simple date flags *(probably because I rarely get to practice it), I decided to write it down here :`
Long overdue first commit with content 2020-04-28 17:29:52 +02:00
Refactored syntax highlighting shortcodes into markdown 2023-04-23 22:33:49 +02:00			```sh
Long overdue first commit with content 2020-04-28 17:29:52 +02:00			`$ date -d @1294319676`
			`Thu Jan 6 13:14:36 GMT 2011`
Refactored syntax highlighting shortcodes into markdown 2023-04-23 22:33:49 +02:00			```