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Old 10-11-2008
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You should read man date for your *NIX, this solution should work on Linux date (GNU coreutils) 5.97
Code:
dt=1/1/07                   # For January 1, 2007
# dt=$(date "+%d/%m%y")     # For current date
var=$(($(date -d $dt "+%s") / 86400))
echo $var
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