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06-29-2006

tayyabq8

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Code:

$ cat test.sh
#! /bin/ksh
a=`date +%y%m%d`
b=`TZ=CST+24 date +%y%m%d`
echo "Today is $a"
echo "Yesterday was $b"

NOTE: Command, `TZ=CST+24 date +%y%m%d` for yesterday's date I found at some thread, on the same board.

If you have GNU date avaialbe it has more powerful features.

Regards,
Tayyab