Re: [foxboro] Date comparison in Unix scripts

No.  Dates are always yucky, on any os.  A moment's thought about things
like daylight savings and leap years will start to reveal some of the
horrible complexities, and why there just isn't an easy way.

What are you trying to do?  There may be an easier way to do this using
"make".  If you have perl, there's a glimmer of hope too.

Cheers

Jason

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Deo, Terry [SMTP:Terry.Deo@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, 19 April 2002 08:34
> To:   foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:      [foxboro] Date comparison in Unix scripts
> 
> 
> Does anyone know an easy way to compare dates in a Unix script?  I am
> looking to read a date from a data file and compare it to the current
> system
> date.  The idea is to determine when certain tasks are beyond the required
> completion date.
> 
> Regards,
> Terry
> 
> Terry J. Deo
> Staff Systems Engineer
> Infineum USA LP
> Byway Chemical Plant, Linden, NJ
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> F: 908.474.7609
> 
> 

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