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Re: case statement question again...



Oliver Elphick writes:
> On the other hand, this does not properly handle invalid day/month
> combinations, such as 31 February.  Do you handle that somewhere else?

Use the 'date' command.  For example:

	date +%D --date '1/1/97 +60days'

returns:

	03/02/97

Like most GNU utilities, 'date' is remarkably powerful.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI


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