[QUOTE=retina;500034]And of course for [strike]hysterical[/strike] historical reasons it can never be changed, ever. :sad:[/QUOTE]

But I suppose a new argument could be used to get it to produce the logical output. To me it would be much better to key
[CODE]date -logical[/CODE]
instead of
[QUOTE=Dr Sardonicus;499973]

date -j -f "%a %b %d %T %Z %Y" "`date`" "+%s"[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=BudgieJane;500105]But I suppose a new argument could be used to get it to produce the logical output. To me it would be much better to key
[CODE]date -logical[/CODE][/QUOTE]To me it would be much better to key[code]date[/code]to produce the logical output.

If you want weird formats then you should be required to type weird commands. An eye for an eye.

[QUOTE=retina;500106]If you want weird formats then you should be required to type weird commands.[/QUOTE]

[CODE]$ alias date='date +"%Y.%m.%d_%H:%M %z"'
$ date
2018.11.11_13:48 -0400[/CODE]

And then it messes up all other options.[code]~ alias date='date +"%Y.%m.%d_%H:%M %z"'
~ date -Is
date: multiple output formats specified[/code]

[QUOTE=retina;500108]And then it messes up all other options.[/QUOTE]

Then alias it to something else, like perhaps "mydate".

Now workers could get MICRO-CHIPPED by their bosses
 

[url]https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6377831/British-businesses-planning-microchip-employees-boost-security.html[/url]

Paraphrasing: "We don't trust our employees, so f:censored:k them, they'll have to have chips implanted or they can get lost."

Once you have lost trust you have lost everything. Might as well close shop and move away.

[QUOTE=retina;500150][url]https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6377831/British-businesses-planning-microchip-employees-boost-security.html[/url]

Paraphrasing: "We don't trust our employees, so f:censored:k them, they'll have to have chips implanted or they can get lost."

Once you have lost trust you have lost everything. Might as well close shop and move away.[/QUOTE]This reminds me of the old [i]Star Trek[/i] episode [url=http://www.chakoteya.net/StarTrek/65.htm]For The World Is Hollow And I Have Touched The Sky[/url]:[quote]ORACLE: He must become one of the people, worship the creators, and agree to the insertion of the Instrument of Obedience.[/quote]

Pic of Late-afternoon sun in Marin county, CA
 

Pic I took today from near my place of late-day sun through smoky haze from the deadly Camp Fire near Chico, 150 miles away - my little Canon Elph doesn't do the blood-orange color justice, but properly conveys the apocalyptically bad air quality:

[QUOTE=ewmayer;500325]Pic I took today from near my place of late-day sun through smoky haze from the deadly Camp Fire near Chico, 150 miles away - my little Canon Elph doesn't do the blood-orange color justice, but properly conveys the apolitically bad air quality:[/QUOTE]
If the camera has exposure compensation, try reducing the exposure in steps, like -2/3, -1&1/3. You'll sacrifice the foreground to some extent, but you'll retain more color in the sun. Of course, unfiltered digital photography of the sun can be very bad for the sensor. That much smoke does lots of filtering and should protect it.

[QUOTE=ewmayer;500325]Pic I took today from near my place of late-day sun through smoky haze from the deadly Camp Fire near Chico, 150 miles away - my little Canon Elph doesn't do the blood-orange color justice, but properly conveys the apocalyptically bad air quality:[/QUOTE]Dang, I'm coughing just [i]looking[/i] at that picture!

In 1940-70s, [URL="https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/las-smoggy-past-in-photos"]in LA[/URL] that would have been considered a good evening!