---
name: "nws_whattime"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nws"
version: "2.13-6.1"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nws_whattime"
---

# nws\_whattime(1)

translate from the epoch time used by Network Weather Service

## NAME

whattime - translate from the epoch time used by Network Weather Service

## SYNOPSIS

**whattime** \[-a\]\[-f file\] time-stamp \[time-stamp ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page explains the  **whattime** program. NWS internally uses the time from the epoch (as returned by the  **[time(2)](/time/2.md)** system call:  **whattime** tranlsate this into a more human friendly time.

## OPTIONS

- **-a**

  different string format: more usable with script

- **-f file**

  reads the timestamps from  *file* instead of the command line

## BUGS

Bugs list is at  http://nws.cs.ucsb.edu. ⟨http://nws.cs.ucsb.edu⟩

## AUTHOR

NWS is an original idea of Rich Wolski Rich Wolski (rich@cs.ucsb.edu) who came up with the original **nws\_memory.**

Neil Spring, Jim Hayes (jhayes@cs.ucsd.edu) and Martin Swany maintained and enhanced it.

Graziano Obertelli (graziano@cs.ucsb.edu) currently maintains NWS and wrote this man page.

## SEE ALSO

**[nws\_sensor(1)](/nws_sensor/1.md),** **[nws\_search(1)](/nws_search/1.md),** **[nws\_nameserver(1)](/nws_nameserver/1.md),** **[nws\_extract(1)](/nws_extract/1.md)** **start\_activity(1)**