PDate make dates and times human-readable.
pip install pdate_cli$ pdate --now
1753307983
$ pdate --now --date
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 05:04:09 PM CDT# Most formats accepted, e.g. ISO-8601, RFC-2822, etc.
$ pdate 2024-11-25T20:10:46Z
Monday, November 25, 2024 02:10:46 PM CST
$ pdate 12 hours ago
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 12:07:13 AM CDT$ pdate 2024-11-25T20:10:46Z --human
7 months ago
$ pdate 2024-11-25T20:10:46Z --precise
7 months, 26 days, 1 hour, 58 minutes and 24.89 seconds ago
$ pdate 2024-11-25T20:10:46Z --date --precise
Monday, November 25, 2024 02:10:46 PM CST
7 months, 26 days, 1 hour, 58 minutes and 46.01 seconds ago$ echo 100000000 | pdate
Saturday, March 03, 1973 03:46:40 AM CST
$ echo -e '2024-11-25T20:10:46Z\n2024-11-25T20:10:46Z\n100000000' | pdate --sort
Saturday, March 03, 1973 03:46:40 AM CST
Monday, November 25, 2024 02:10:46 PM CST
Monday, November 25, 2024 02:10:46 PM CST$ pdate --help
Usage: pdate [OPTIONS] [ARG]...
Parse ARG and format it as a local, human-readable date.
If ARG is missing
- If --now: print current date (default format: Unix timestamp)
- Else: read from stdin (default format: human-readable date)
Supported ARG formats
- Most date formats, e.g. ISO-8601, RFC-2822, etc.
- Unix timestamp
Timezone considerations
- For dates without timezone info, UTC is assumed
- For timestamps, local timezone is assumed
Options:
--now Print just current date.
--ts Format output as Unix timestamp.
--date Format output as human-readable date.
--human Format output as human-readable date.
--precise Format output as precise human-readable date.
--verbose Print debug information.
--sort Sort output by date. Implies --stdin.
--12 Use 12-hour format.
-h, --help Show this message and exit.