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07-16-2009

carp.dk

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date comparison in bash

Hi

I have this simple script:

#!/bin/bash
date1=2009:07:15:12:36
date2=2009:07:15:12:16

echo $date1
echo $date2

datediff=
#datediff=date1-date2
echo datediff is$datediff

How do i return the difference in seconds?

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