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NovaStar Program Reference / System / nstime

Overview

The nstime shell script program prints the current time using the format:

MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss

where:

  • date and time are padded with zeros if necessary
  • month has range 01 to 12
  • day has range 01 to number of days in the month
  • year is four digits
  • hour has range 00 to 23
  • minute has range 00 to 59
  • second has range 00 to 59
  • time zone is from the system

Command Line Usage

The command line syntax is:

nstime [parameters]

Optional values are shown in square brackets. Command line parameters are as follows.

nstime Command Line Parameters

Parameter Description Default
-h
--help		 Print program usage.
-v
--version		 Print the program version (same as the NovaStar system version).

Examples

The following illustrates the program usage:

nstime

10/03/2021 12:03:20

Scheduling

The command is not run on a schedule.

NovaStar Administrator Interface

The program is not called from the Administrator.

Troubleshooting