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TimeStamp Comparison in Linux

Comparing timestamps in Linux can be tricky. The document outlines how to convert timestamps to seconds since January 1, 1970 UTC using the date command and +%s format. It also shows how to convert string timestamps to seconds and compare them by checking if one timestamp in seconds is greater than the other. The example compares two timestamps, ts1 and ts2, and prints the later timestamp, ts2, since its value in seconds is greater than ts1's.

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TimeStamp Comparison in Linux

Comparing timestamps in Linux can be tricky. The document outlines how to convert timestamps to seconds since January 1, 1970 UTC using the date command and +%s format. It also shows how to convert string timestamps to seconds and compare them by checking if one timestamp in seconds is greater than the other. The example compares two timestamps, ts1 and ts2, and prints the later timestamp, ts2, since its value in seconds is greater than ts1's.

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TimeStamp Comparison in Linux

Comparing Date, Time or TimeStamp is tricky thing in Linux. This is how you can achieve this By converting date to Seconds
$ date +%s
the above command will current time in seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
if you have time in string form you can use below command to convert them like $ date -d "$ts" +%s
#where ts is containing the date or timestamp
i.e -

ts1="2008-02-13 10:48:58.502075"
date -d "$ts1" +%s
1202928538
# so for comparison of timestamps -ts1="2008-02-13 10:48:58.502075"
ts2="2008-12-15 16:00:00.000000"
if [ $( date -d "$ts1" +%s ) -gt $( date -d "$ts2" +%s ) ]; then echo $ts1;
else echo $ts2; fi
2008-12-15 16:00:00.000000

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