unix date script 1

[jeanpaul]

How do I get yesterdays date in YYYYMMDD?

 

[Krunek]

Hi, jeanpaul!

I can create yesterdays date in YYYYMMDD with gawk. Please, try this gawk command:

gawk "BEGIN { print strftime("%Y%m%d",systime()) - 1 }"


Works?

KP.

 

[rbobbitt]

oops, replace the double quotes around the argument to gawk with single quotes

Russ
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[Krunek]

rbobbitt and jeanpaul,

I appologize for double quotes.
Explanation: I use DOS and Win version of gawk (GNU), where I have to use double quotes.

Bye.

KP.

 

[BVT]

It works but the date field in incorrect
Example: At the command line I type:
$date
Sun Mar 25 13:24:12 EST 2001
When i run this program it prints out:
20010324 (March 24th 2001)
Is this my computer system time is incorrect or what?

 

[BVT]

Oh my fault...I didn't read the question clearly. It is yesterday date not today date. It is correct....sorry all.

BVT