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This article includes a COBOL program that will convert a UNIX date to an epoch date and then back to human-readable.

Problem:

How can a calendar date be converted to an epoch date and then back to human readable?

Resolution:

The attached COBOL program is an example of how to convert a UNIX calendar date to an epoch date and how to convert an Epoch date to a calendar date, using the operating system’s date command.


epoch.cbl

Epoch, 
UNIX
 Time, Posix Tim, Unix Timestamp



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