Information about the package, dateformat, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dateformat package is designed for, A simple way to format dates and times according to a.
Package Name:
dateformat
Summary:
A simple way to format dates and times according to a
Description:
A simple way to format dates and times according to a user-specified mask. * Accepts a date, a mask, or a date and a mask. * Returns a formatted version of the given date. * The date defaults to the current date/time.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.2.3
Release:
2.el6
Size:
6.3 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the dateformat package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dateformat
This command will install dateformat on the server.
yum remove dateformat
This command will un-install dateformat on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dateformat, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dateformat
This command will un-install dateformat on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove dateformat when using the -y flag.
yum update dateformat
This command will update dateformat to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dateformat, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dateformat
This command will update dateformat to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove dateformat when using the -y flag.
yum info dateformat
This command will show you core information about the dateformat package.
yum deplist dateformat
This command will show you the dependencies for dateformat. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update dateformat
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dateformat. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.