Get the month 2 months ago

[dhman]

I have found following:

prevmonth=`perl -MPOSIX=strftime -le '@t = localtime; $t[3] = 1; $t[4]--;print strftime("%b", @t)'`

This will return the previous month.

I want the month 2 months ago. For instance now it is December. Above will return me "Nov". I want it to return "Oct". What changes do I have to make on the above? I can't figure it out.

Thanks

[Hans_c · Accepted solution]

I had luck by manipulating the $t[4] section:

 perl -MPOSIX=strftime -le '@t = localtime; $t[3] = 1; $t[4] -= 2;print strftime("%b", @t)'
Oct

perl -MPOSIX=strftime -le '@t = localtime; $t[3] = 1; $t[4] -= 3;print strftime("%b", @t)'
Sep

Hope this helps!

[dhman]

Thank you very much.