date=`echo "$date" | sed -e "$sed_year_before_time"`
# Use GNU date to compute the time in GMT.
date=`date -d "$date" -u +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"`
date=`echo "$date" | sed -e "$sed_year_before_time"`
# Use GNU date to compute the time in GMT.
date=`date -d "$date" -u +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"`