[vox-tech] feeding a bash variable to date?

[Gandalf Parker]

On Sat, 7 Nov 2009, Eric Lin wrote:
> Try this:
> offset="2009-11-06 17:07:54 32 hours"
> date -d "$offset"

AARRRGGGHHH
"It must be in plain sight because I cant seem to see it."
(my comment when I cant find my keys)

I tried dozens of overly complicated combinations. I CANT BELIEVE I didnt 
do that one. Thank you for the clarity

Gandalf  Parker