.TH "sip-date" 1 "Fri Dec 6 2013" "Version 1.12.11devel" "sofia-sip-utils" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
sip-date \- Print or parse SIP date 

.SH "Synopsis"
.PP
\fCsip-date [-n] [SIP-date | [YYYYy] [DDd] [HHh] [MMm] [SS[s]]]\fP
.SH "Description"
.PP
\fIsip-date\fP is an utility for printing a SIP date (in the format specified by RFC 1123, but the timezone must always be GMT) or parsing a given SIP date\&. The date can be given as a SIP date or by giving year, day, hour, minutes and seconds separately\&.
.SH "Options"
.PP
The \fIsip-date\fP utility takes options as follows: 
.IP "\fB-n \fP" 1c
The \fIsip-date\fP utility prints the date as seconds elapsed since epoch (01 Jan 1900 00:00:00)\&.  
.PP
.SH "Examples"
.PP
You want to convert current time to SIP date: 
.PP
.nf
* $ sip-date
* 

.fi
.PP
 You want to find out how many seconds there was in 1900's: 
.PP
.nf
* $ siptime -n 2000y
* 3155673600
* 

.fi
.PP
.SH "Reporting Bugs"
.PP
Report bugs to sofia-sip-devel@lists.sourceforge.net\&.
.SH "Author"
.PP
Pekka Pessi <Pekka -dot- Pessi -at- nokia -dot- com>
.SH "Copyright"
.PP
Copyright (C) 2005 Nokia Corporation\&.
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This program is free software; see the source for copying conditions\&. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE\&.