Janis Papanagnou wrote:
> Cyrus Kriticos wrote:
>>
>> $ NOW=$(date -d $(date +'%Y-%m-%d') +'%s')
>
> $ NOW=$(date -d $(date +'%Y-%m-%d') +'%s') ; echo $NOW
> 1189552546
>
> $ NOW=$(date +'%s') ; echo $NOW
> 1189552546
>
> You're thinking too complex, I suppose. :-)
> (Or any trick I am missing?)

# seconds since 1970-01-01 to midnight
$ NOW=$(date -d $(date +'%Y-%m-%d') +'%s') ; echo $NOW
1189548000

# seconds since 1970-01-01 to now
$ NOW=$(date +'%s') ; echo $NOW
1189569887

$ date --version | head -n 1
date (GNU coreutils) 5.97

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