ts(1) - Linux man page
Name
ts - timestamp input
Synopsis
ts [-r] [format]
Description
ts adds a timestamp to the beginning of each line of input.
The optional format parameter controls how the timestamp is formatted, as used by strftime(3). The default format is "%b %d %H:%M:%S". In addition to the regular strftime conversion specifications, "%.S" is expanded to fractional seconds (ie, "30.00001").
If the -r switch is passed, it instead converts existing timestamps in the input to relative times, such as "15m5s ago". Many common timestamp formats are supported. Note that the Time::Duration and Date::Parse perl modules are required for this mode to work. Currently,A converting localized dates is not supported.
If both -r and a format is passed, the existing timestamps are converted to the specified format.
Environment
The standard TZ environment variable controls what time zone dates are assumed to be in, if a timezone is not specified as part of the date.
Author
Copyright 2006 by Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Licensed under the GNU GPL .