Re: feature request for date: add formatting option for milliseconds

[Assaf Gordon]

Hello,

On 2019-01-07 3:04 p.m., Phil Oertel wrote:
> I propose a new formatting option for millis past the nearest second[..]  And
> sure, one for micro too.
>
> You could do this already by truncating digits from nanos, but it'd be a
> lot more convenient if date had an option, and hopefully not too hard to
> add.

As you wrote, it's very easy to do with truncating (i.e., adding a width 
specifier):

  $ date +"%3N %6N %N"
  892 892103 892103049

Since it's only adding a single digit, I'm not sure consuming two
more dedicated letters is worth it.

regards,
 - assaf