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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.