Supports both Linux and macOS date command options.

[hkato]

Describe your proposal here.

About influx delete command examples. ref. #5070 #5223

influx delete --bucket example-bucket \
  --start '1970-01-01T00:00:00Z' \
  --stop $(date --utc +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ") \
  --predicate '_measurement="example-measurement" AND exampleTag="exampleTagValue"'

GNU(Linux) and BSD(macOS) date commands are different.

GNU date (Debian, etc)

$ man date

...snip...

       -u, --utc, --universal
              print or set Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

...snip...

BSD date (macOS)

$ man date

...snip...

     -u      Display or set the date in UTC (Coordinated Universal) time.  By default date displays the time in the time zone described by /etc/localtime or the TZ environment variable.

...snip...

BSD date command does not support '--utc' option.

So, -u option is better. Both macOS and Linux are supported.

influx delete --bucket example-bucket \
  --start '1970-01-01T00:00:00Z' \
  --stop $(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ") \
  --predicate '_measurement="example-measurement" AND exampleTag="exampleTagValue"'

Relevant URLs

• Provide relevant URLs
  • https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/write-data/delete-data/
  • https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influx/delete/

[hkato]

@sanderson Thank you for merging. close this issue.