If you need epoch from a shell cmd line on a linux system the date cmd is a great way to do it.
date +%s -d "$a"
This code by will print epoch out at the cmd line in a ssh window or terminal window
Get EPOCH using DATE function on linux
If you need epoch from a shell cmd line on a linux system the date cmd is a great way to do it.
date +%s -d “$a”
This code by will print epoch out at the cmd line in a ssh window or terminal window