Date Manipulation Using Bourne Script

[Michael42]

Hello,

I think I am stumped on this one. How can I:

1. Set the current date in the format yyyymmdd to a variable?

2. Set the (current date - 10 days) to a variable?

Thanks very much for your advise,

Michael42

 

[PHV]

Take a look here:

http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=4802

Hope This Helps, PH.
Want to get great answers to your Tek-Tips questions? Have a look at FAQ219-2884 or FAQ222-2244

 

[BryanY]

That's interesting. I have a slight variation on the question.

How would i bring up the date from exactly a month previous?

 

[perda04]

WilliamRobertson did fine work on this here

http://www.williamrobertson.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/code/shift_date.awk.txt

As mentioned here

http://www.computing.net/unix/wwwboard/forum/6225.html

 

[olded]

In fact, I like Robertson's work so much, I asked him to expound on it:

http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1344/ur0401d/