topic Manipulating TIME in Operating System - HP-UX

Manipulating TIME

Rafael Mendonça Braga — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:57:06 GMT

Hello There!
Using HP-UX 11i

Well, I have a problem calculating time... Everytime my script runs I need it to increase one more minute in the "TIME" variable...

I'm collecting "TIME" this way:

TIME=`date +%H:%M:%S`

So, after that i need to increase 1 minute in this TIME variable...For Ex:

If TIME = 14:26:32
I need it to become 14:27:32

Any ideas about how can I do it!?

Thanks

Rafael M. Braga

Re: Manipulating TIME

RAC_1 — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:27:53 GMT

echo $TIME|awk -F " '{OFS=":";print $1,$2,$3}'
The catch is if minutes column is 60, you would increment hour feild and make second field to 0.

Anil

Re: Manipulating TIME

Mel Burslan — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:48:55 GMT

Instead, you can do this
HOUR=`date +%H`
MINUTE=`date +%M`
SECOND=`date +%S`

let NEW_MINUTE=${MINUTE}+1

if [ $NEW_MINUTE -eq 60 ]
then
NEW_MINUTE=00
let HOUR=${HOUR}+1
fi

if [ $HOUR -eq 24 ]
then
HOUR=00
fi

TIME=`printf ${HOUR}":"${NEW_MINUTE}":"${SECOND}`

hope this helps

Re: Manipulating TIME

Rafael Mendonça Braga — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:04:07 GMT

Thanks MEL...
10 for you!!