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Old 03-07-2011
Julian date to Calendar date conversion
Hi all,

I require to convert julian date to normal calander date in unix

for eg julian date=122

now i want corresponding calander date

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gr8 if give very small command/script
and please explain the steps as well(imp)


Thanks

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Please reply guys
# 2  
Old 03-07-2011
Try this, if you have GNU date
Code:
#days=122
#date -d "`date '+%Y'`-01-01 $days days" '+%m-%d-%Y'

# 3  
Old 03-07-2011
Pravin ,can you please describe me this command how it working?

this command working on ksh but not worked for bash shell?

RJ
# 4  
Old 03-07-2011
It works under bash for me.

Delete the # on each line and try it.

Also try
Quote:
date --help
or
Quote:
man date
- they will give you all the information you need

Alan
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