In message , A. Dumas
 writes
>Is it possible that two different date programs are called? Maybe one
>is the program and the other a script or an alias? (although aliases
>don't work from a script). Are both run from a sudo context? One might
>be in a different $PATH. Try being very specific:
>
>/bin/date '+%T'
>echo "$(/bin/date '+%F %T %z') message"

It is possible I suppose, but one script picking up different instances
of a date executable depending on how it is being used I would have
thought is unlikely.

The script is being run by root as I need to access stuff that is only
accessible to root.

Adrian
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