Is there a UNIX command for converting a time-and-date to UNIX time?

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I have found many ways to convert in the other direction (FROM UNIX time to time-and-date), but I need the outcome to be UNIX time. Thank you.

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date +"%s" -d "Fri Apr 24 13:14:39 CDT 2009"

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Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_(Unix) Read also the man pages