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function to subtract dates

 
Parveen_3
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‎08-03-2005 05:54 PM

‎08-03-2005 05:54 PM

function to subtract dates

Hi,

Is there any simple function to subtract two dates in shell scripting.
The date format is : yymmdd, for ex:050803

The function should take care of dates of any year.

Thanks in advance.
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Muthukumar_5
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‎08-03-2005 07:51 PM

‎08-03-2005 07:51 PM

Re: function to subtract dates

Check this,
http://www.kingcomputerservices.com/unix_101/subtracting_dates.htm
hth.
Easy to suggest when don't know about the problem!
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Muthukumar_5
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‎08-03-2005 07:54 PM

‎08-03-2005 07:54 PM

Re: function to subtract dates

Some more good threads related to this as,

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=138655
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=879635
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=595639

hth.
Easy to suggest when don't know about the problem!
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