topic Previous month date command in Operating System - HP-UX

Previous month date command

Oktay Tasdemir — Tue, 08 Jul 2003 06:02:14 GMT

Hi,

Is there a way of returning the previous months date without writing a complex script. For example if we are currently in July I would like to return the value of 06 (being June). I have looked at the date command but could not find anything suitable to my needs.
Could anyone please assist.

Many thanks
oktay

Re: Previous month date command

Bruno Vidal — Tue, 08 Jul 2003 06:06:38 GMT

Hi

do like this:
X=$((`date +%m` -1))
if [ $X -eq 0 ]; then X=12; fi
echo $X

Cheers.

Re: Previous month date command

Bruno Vidal — Tue, 08 Jul 2003 06:07:15 GMT

Hi

do like this:
X=$((`date +%m` -1))
if [ $X -eq 0 ]; then X=12; fi
echo $X

Cheers.

Re: Previous month date command

Bruno Vidal — Tue, 08 Jul 2003 06:09:20 GMT

Oups, sorry, a bit to hard on the "submit"...

Re: Previous month date command

Oktay Tasdemir — Tue, 08 Jul 2003 21:19:45 GMT

Your a gem.

Thankyou