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Title:
Convert today's HH:MM am/pm to epoch in Bash
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/2017/03/01/Convert-today_s-HH_MM-am_pm-to-epoch-in-Bash
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March 1, 2017
Edited: October 17, 2017
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I have two variables $sunrise=”7:23 am” and $sunset=”6:10 pm”. I need to convert both of them to today’s epoch equivalent as in:
secSunrise=($date ... "$sunrise" ... +"%s")
secSunset=$(date ... "$sunset" ... +"%s")
The only thing I’ve figured out so far is doing it with current date-time:
$ secNow=$(date +"%s")
$ echo $secNow
1488331535
How to square this circle and plug the HH:MM am/pm 12-hour formatted variable into the date command?