[Ilugc] [Tip ]When was your OS installed?

[Chandrashekar Babu]

Hi Suresh!

On 24/08/10 9:20 AM, Tha.Suresh wrote:
> When was your OS installed?
>
> Show time and date when you installed your OS.
>
> $ ls -lct /etc | tail -1 | awk '{print $6, $7}'
>
> 2010-08-03 12:44

Great hack! But if you know what you really want,
it can be much simpler on Linux:
    stat --format="%Y" /etc/fedora-release
    # Works for Fedora Linux

    stat --format="%Y" /etc/slackware-version
    # Works on Slackware Linux

    stat --format="%Y" /etc/