[NTLUG:Discuss] let me try that again - time

[Chris Cox]

Fred James wrote:
> It appears that I wasn't clear enough on my first request, so please 
> forgive me for trying again.
> I know what "time" and "date" are, and what their intended uses are.
> I really do want to use "time" - unless someone can suggest something 
> better for the purpose.
> The problem I am having is syntax - no matter how much I read the 
> man(ual) pages, or which user I am at the moment, I cannot seem to get 
> "time" to recognise any of its own options or formating.  Right off the 
> bat, I would say that means that either (a) the man(ual) pages lie, or 
> (b) I don't understand something.  From past experience I would vote for 
> "b".
> What I believe I need is a little instruction on the syntax of "time", 
> or a pointer toward documentation on same.
> Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to offer.
> 

The time on SuSE has limited formatting options that mainly have
to do with locale (there's a special POSIX locale option to get
time to display in POSIX format... but other than that.. nothing...
apart from language locale time specifics).