Converting Unix epoch format to normal date for filePro

[Larry Hoover]

Fairlight wrote:
> The honourable and venerable Larry Hoover spoke thus:
>> When you take a Unix epoch formatted date such as: 1240432776, you can 
>> convert it to a filePro friendly date such as 04/22/09 in Linux with the 
>> command: 
>> date +%D --date "Jan 1, 1970 00:00:00 +0000 + 1240432776 seconds"
>> I can't seem to find a way to do this in SCO Unix Openserver.  The date 
>> command is different than in Linux.  Does anyone know offhand of a 
>> compatible SCO Unix command to do this, or some way in filePro?
> 
> Is perl installed?
> 
> perl -e 'print(scalar(localtime($ARGV[0])));' 1240432776
> 
> Perl can be had via Skunkware prior to 5.0.6.  From 5.0.6 forward, it's
> installed as part of the OS install (assuming it wasn't deselected
> somehow).
> 
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That works good, too.  Lots of options. Thanks.