Name
$d
Synopsis
The $d macro holds the
current date and time. $d is given its value at
the same time $b is defined. The only difference
between the two is that $b contains the date in
RFC822 format, whereas $d contains the same date
in Unix ctime(3) format.
The form of a date in ctime(3) format is generally:[16]
Sun Dec 26 01:03:52 2003\n\
When sendmail stores this form of date into
$d, it converts the trailing newline (the
\n) into a zero, thus stripping the newline from
the date.
[16] The format produced by ctime(3) varies depending on your location.
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