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Homework and Emergencies Emergency UNIX and Linux Support Question on time and date formating.. Post 302772145 by MattyV on Saturday 23rd of February 2013 01:20:38 PM
Old 02-23-2013
No problem...

Thank god for the date command. This is how I would attack this...
Code:
date -d "03/16/1970" '+%d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S'
16-Mar-1970 00:00:00

date -d "March 16 1970" '+%d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S'
16-Mar-1970 00:00:00

date -d "16-Mar-70" '+%d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S'
16-Mar-1970 00:00:00


Use the above code and test each possible time/date format in the date command. If the field is not natively understood by date, change the text..

For example, the following case is unsupported:

Code:
date -d "03-16-1970" '+%d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S'
date: invalid date `03-16-1970'

so I would do the following with it...
Code:
my_var=`echo 03-16-1970 | sed 's/-/\//g'
echo $my_var
03/16/1970
date -d $my_var '+%d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S'
16-Mar-1970 00:00:00

Put $100 in my paypal account and I'll write it for you Smilie

Quote:
Originally Posted by nex_asp
can anyone one help me....to make date and time format...to following format for my file

Code:
DATE                           TIME
DD- MON- YEAR         24 Hours

I have a need of format like this

12-Jan-2012 in one column, then time in 24 Hours in another column....please help...me...

currently we are upgrading our database....kindly help to make standard format...

our database containing format like this

Code:
DD-MON-YEAR
MON-DAY-YEAR
YEAR-MON-DAY
DD/MON/YEAR
MON/DAY/YEAR
YEAR/MON/DAY

some files containing month name, some number...

and time format
both 12 and 24 hours are mixed

script has to read current format of date and time and then write to new file with standard format

Awaiting for help...

those who know please do favour for me...

Last edited by MattyV; 02-23-2013 at 02:24 PM.. Reason: Change %m to %b
 

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