how to assign the first day of the next month

rosalinda · #1 (**permalink**) 07-05-2008

Hi everybody,
I am very new in shell and this is my first post

.
i am trying to write a script in which i want to decide some begin dates. this dates will be used by another shell scripts.
i would like to assign:
1- a variable which is a = sysdate
2- another variable b = the first day of the next month from sysdate

i want to have time in both, like sysdate is: 20080705 05:02:04,
and the first day of next month to be: 20080801 00:00:05

I appreciate a lot your kind help.
Regards.

rosalinda · #2 (**permalink**) 07-05-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by rosalinda

Hi everybody,
I am very new in shell and this is my first post

.
i am trying to write a script in which i want to decide some begin dates. this dates will be used by another shell scripts.
i would like to assign:
1- a variable which is a = sysdate
2- another variable b = the first day of the next month from sysdate

i don't want the time to be exactly the same as sysdate, i would like to have time at midnight. is it possible to assign the time as i want also?

i want to have time in both, like sysdate is: 20080705 05:02:04,
and the first day of next month to be: 20080801 00:00:05

I appreciate a lot your kind help.
Regards.

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Franklin52 · #3 (**permalink**) 07-05-2008

It's not allowed to bump up questions! Please read the rules.

rosalinda · #4 (**permalink**) 07-05-2008

hi,
how can i delete post? or the second part? seems no privileages for that, i wasn't able to delete this post also in order to make a new one.

Thanks for your kind help.

fpmurphy · #5 (**permalink**) 07-05-2008

If you are using ksh93

Code:

$ printf "%(%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S)T\n" "now"
20080705 15:44:32
$ printf "%(%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S)T\n" "next month"
20080801 00:00:00
$

rosalinda · #6 (**permalink**) 07-05-2008

no i am using sh script, i would like to have this dates as variable which can be used by another scripts.
Thanks.

rosalinda · #7 (**permalink**) 07-05-2008

I am using sh script .
I would like to have this dates as variables to be able to use it in other by other scripts.

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