GNU's version of date did the trick. Downloaded sh-utils-1.16.tar.gz from
prep.ai.mit.edu. Thanks to Steve VanDevender and Tom Webster.
Allen Belk
| Allen Belk, Data Operations Supervisor
| Office of Technology Resources
| University of Southern Mississippi
| allen.belk_at_usm.edu | 601.266.4107
----- Original Message -----
From: Allen Belk <allen.belk_at_usm.edu>
To: tru64 <tru64-unix-managers_at_ornl.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 7:03 PM
Subject: How to manipulate dates and times under 4.0D
> I am looking for a way to manipulate days and times by adding/subtracting
X
> number of days from the current date. For example, if todays date is
> 19990615 (date "+%Y%m%d"), how could I get the date two weeks from now -
add
> 17 days to the current date? This is easy under OpenVMS using the DELTA
> specifications. Even linux has the ability to manipulate dates in this
> manner (date -d). I know I could write a script to manipulate the date
> string as groups of integers but then I would have to accomodate for
> calendar features. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Allen Belk
>
> | Allen Belk, Data Operations Supervisor
> | Office of Technology Resources
> | University of Southern Mississippi
> | allen.belk_at_usm.edu | 601.266.4107
>
>
>
Received on Wed Jun 16 1999 - 00:31:11 NZST