From df0fa237a75d9651a441c347ec9feaf453b30ad6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:14:56 -0400
Subject: use date somewhat more portably

---
 src/share/common | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/share/common')

diff --git a/src/share/common b/src/share/common
index baf4270..87cef61 100644
--- a/src/share/common
+++ b/src/share/common
@@ -231,6 +231,16 @@ advance_date() {
     fi
 }
 
+print_date_from_seconds_since_the_epoch() {
+    local seconds="$1"
+    local gnutry
+    
+    if ! date '+%F %T' -d @"${seconds}" 2>/dev/null ; then
+        # try it the BSD date way:
+        date -r "${seconds}" '+%F %T'
+    fi
+}
+
 
 # check that characters are in a string (in an AND fashion).
 # used for checking key capability
-- 
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