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Get and parse timestamp on macOS
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timestamp-macos.sh
# Get timestamp of current date/time.
alias timestamp='date "+%s"'
# Get timestamp of today 00:00:00.
alias timestamp_today='date -v0H -v0M -v0S "+%s"'
# Take timestamp and print it in human-readable format (in the current timezone).
alias timestamp_parse='date -r'
# Take timestamp and print it in human-readable format (in UTC).
alias timestamp_parse_utc='TZ=UTC date -r'
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gh640 commented Aug 9, 2022

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