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Story: Linux/UNIX Easy date manipulation with yestTotal Replies: 9
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rht

Oct 13, 2006
8:02 AM EDT 		It's main claim to fame seems to be that it can, in one line, determine if today is the last day of the month.

I think this is just as easy:

[ $(date -d "tomorrow" "+%d") -eq 1 ]
dinotrac

Oct 13, 2006
9:51 AM EDT 		Does every date command support that? I just tried it on an AIX 5.2 machine to no avail
jdixon

Oct 13, 2006
10:22 AM EDT 		> I just tried it on an AIX 5.2 machine to no avail

Show off. :)
tuxchick2

Oct 13, 2006
10:36 AM EDT 		AIX is also known as Vale of Pain. Showoff, indeed!
SFN

Oct 13, 2006
11:02 AM EDT 		It's not working on my Commodore 128 either.
jdixon

Oct 13, 2006
11:10 AM EDT 		> It's not working on my Commodore 128 either.

Hmm, I wonder if it would work on OS-9? Well, I doubt I really want to pull my CoCo 3 out to find out, so I guess I'll never know.
jimf

Oct 13, 2006
11:25 AM EDT 		I must commend you all on your efforts to recycle old technology. I'm sure mother nature is pleased :D
dinotrac

Oct 13, 2006
11:37 AM EDT 		Hey ... AIX 5.2 ain't old, just painful.
tuxchick2

Oct 13, 2006
11:38 AM EDT 		I can't even find the date command on my abacus.
jimf

Oct 13, 2006
11:46 AM EDT 		I'm with you TC :)

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