What's your OS D.O.B.?

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#1

I’ve barely been using EndeavourOS :enos: for just over a month … i think?

So I got curious, ala Google, “linux find install date”. And I found this site.

Simple command stat / | awk '/Birth: /{print $2}'

Mine printed out 2021-11-01

I’m sure there are other commands.

How about you? What is your OS D.O.B.? :slight_smile:

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#2

For me this command does not output anything at all :thinking:

#3

hhmm, check that link I posted above, there are a few other commands that might work for you.

This is just something fun to do :slight_smile:

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#4

Do you have coreutils installed?

#5

I know I started testing EndeavourOS on a VM in June, installed in July, but for the exact date AND time, I like to use stat -c %w /

[scott@endeavourOS ~]$ stat -c %w /
2021-07-25 16:38:24.000000000 -0400
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#6

1 core/coreutils 9.0-2 (2.7 MiB 16.4 MiB) (Installed) so, YES

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#7

You’re using the wrong quote marks.

Try copying this:

stat / | awk '/Birth: /{print $2}'
#8

OK, THIS:

stat -c %w /
2021-12-03 22:34:50.000000000 +0100
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#9

:rofl: that’s a lot significant numbers for seconds.

What’s the + and - numbers, timezones?

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#10

:stuck_out_tongue:

Edit: America/New York time zone UTC -04:00, so ya, timezones

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#11

stat / | grep Birth

or just run:

stat /

You’ll get some more info than just the birth that way.

#12

It’s been a while. ^ But this is what I’ve always used.

Older Cinnamon install:

[derek@archcinnamon ~]$ stat / | grep Birth
 Birth: 2020-05-01 07:55:16.000000000 -0700
[derek@archcinnamon ~]$

and on my new laptop:

[derek@t480s ~]$ stat / | grep Birth
 Birth: 2021-01-07 17:12:04.000000000 -0800
[derek@t480s ~]$
#13

I got this new computer on 16th June 2021, I’ve used nothing but EndeavourOS on it. On my old computer I installed EndeavourOS the day after I joined this forum, i.e. on 26th July 2020. I used many distros on that one, I think even windoze xp was installed on it at some point.

#14

Luckily it appears to have withstood the experience…
I guess even running Windows isn’t as bad as being dropped in the pond! :frog:

Oh - and this box is:

┌19:20:43 WD= [~]
└───freebird@nest ─▶$ stat / | awk '/Birth: /{print $2}'
2020-07-05
#15

4-25-2021 , April 25th !

#16

[darknetmatrix@Bigbeast ~]$ stat / | awk ‘/Birth: /{print $2}’
2021-12-04
(BSPWM)
&&
[darknetmatrix@darknetmatrix-littlebeast ~]$ stat / | awk ‘/Birth: /{print $2}’
2021-12-05
(i3wm)

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#17

Just a secondary note - my other system (which I am now on) gives this:

Birth: 2020-02-22 02:30:51.000000000 -0500

although there may be an earlier build on here (I have 8). Some are Arch, some are EnOS, an Mx-Linux etc etc…

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#18

Nice, you got two beasts.

#19

The output of stat is language specific.

The given command only works for english because it contains the word “birth”.
Please try this command which is agnostic of the language:

stat / | tail -n -1 | awk '/: /{print $2}'

Or you could simply do:

stat / | tail -n -1

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#20

That can also use “Birth” in whatever language they set the computer up in.

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