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Convert unix epoch to a date time string
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epoch_to_date.js
var args = process.argv.slice(2);
var epoch = Number(args[0]);
// you can use seconds or milliseconds
var length = args[0].toString().length;
if (length <= 10) {
epoch = epoch * 1000;
}
var myDate = new Date(epoch);
console.log(myDate.toGMTString() + "\nLocal: " + myDate.toLocaleString());
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yayMark commented Dec 3, 2017

I set this up as an alias in .bash_profile with
alias e2d="node ~/projects/epoch_to_date.js"

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