date command in a script

[abovebrd]

I need to add two entires to a data file. These entires are the present date and (the date that would be two weeks back from the present date)

In other words

todays date - 14 days
If todays date was 1/3/01
The second date would need to be 12/20/00

These entries get appened to a file.
I figured out how to create the first date.
date +%D > date.new

Any ideas on how to create the second date ?

-Danny

 

[pmkincaid]

Take a look in the Sun:Solaris Forum for a thread called "Shell Script to Get Previous Day". Hopefully it will help you out a bit.

Hope this helps,
Paul

 

[abovebrd]

pmkincaid I need to buy you a beer.

Man ! thats just what I needed.

Thanks

-Danny

-Danny

 

[abovebrd]

upon further inspection that link does not help me.

I need the date specified as 01/03/01



-Danny

 

[jad]

look again