I want to set date from a seconds since epoch value, for instance I want to set date with input value 1452053571.I read through date -help but not found anything.Is there any parameters to do it?
How to set date with Epoch format
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With GNU date, you can use the same date string format for both -d and -s options.To convert from seconds since epoch to human readable format:date -d '@2147483647'To set it:date -s '@2147483647'With *BSD date:# Convert seconds since epoch$ date -r 2147483647 Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 UTC 2038# Set date by seconds since epoch$ date $(date -r 2147483647 +'%y%m%d%H%M.%S')Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 UTC 2038