def set_date(name, date):
 cmd = 'chage -d {0} {1}'.format(date, name)
 return (not __salt__['cmd.run'](cmd, python_shell=False))

def set_date ( name , date ) : cmd = 'chage -d {0} {1}' . format ( date , name ) return ( not __salt__ [ 'cmd.run' ] ( cmd , python_shell = False ) )
sets the value for the date the password was last changed to days since the epoch .