bttf: A Command-Line Tool for Datetime Arithmetic, Parsing, and Formatting
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burntsushi
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Summary
A command-line tool called bttf (by BurntSushi) for datetime arithmetic, parsing, formatting, and related operations. The tool is dual-licensed under MIT or the UNLICENSE, and provides user documentation, sub-command help, and comparisons with similar tools. It supports printing the current time, custom formatting, and computing multiple relative times in a single command.
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Dual-licensed under MIT or the UNLICENSE.
The user guide should be your first stop for understanding the high level concepts that bttf deals with.
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