NAME
    edate -- POSIX date(1), with extensions (and deletions)

SYNOPSIS
    edate [ -u ] [ -t seconds ] [ +format ]

DESCRIPTION
    edate emulates the date(1) command, as specified by POSIX (formally,
    The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6 IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004
    Edition), with the extensions described below.

    edate does *not* support the X/Open System Interfaces Extension
    functionality of setting the system time.

OPTIONS
    -t seconds
	instead of formatting and printing the current date and time,
	use the date and time specified; the units are "epoch seconds"
	("the UNIX way").

CONVERSION SPECIFICATIONS
    %E
	replaced by the day of the month as a decimal number [1,31];
	a single digit is *not* preceded by a space. [tm_mday]

    %f
	replaced by (English) suffix appropriate for the day of the
	month ["st", "nd", "rd", "th"].
 
    %s (epoch seconds)
	replaced by "epoch seconds" as a decimal number.

    %U
	replaced by microseconds; if used with -t, always replaced
	with zero.

EXIT STATUS
    (real soon now)

SEE ALSO
    date(1)

AUTHOR
    Adam Moskowitz <adamm@menlo.com>