[lug] shutdown question

[Warren Sanders]

Gary Hodges wrote:
> If I enter "shutdown -h 6:00" this afternoon will my machine shutdown
> at 6:00 PM today or tomorrow at 6:00 AM?  I want to shut it down
> tomorrow morning and forgot to run this test yesterday.
>
> Here is the appropriate portion of the man page:
> -------------
> The time argument can have different formats.   First,  it  can  be 
> an absolute time in the format hh:mm, in which hh is the hour (1 or 2
> digits) and mm is the minute of the hour (in two digits).  Second, it
> can be  in the format +m, in which m is the number of minutes to wait.
> The word now is an alias for +0.
> -------------
Without testing and just my initial thought... this may just be said to
shut down in 6 hours rather than a set time.  However if it is for a set
time (not as a timer) most likely it would be 24 hour clock.

Thinking out loud,
Warren

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