How to find out future date

purveshvora · #1 (**permalink**) 09-28-2005

Hi,

I am writing shell script in borne shell.

I want to know date-time after 8 hours.

Can you please guide me how can I gate datetime after 8 hours?

Regards,
Purvesh

vino · #2 (**permalink**) 09-28-2005

Look at datecalc

alanp · #3 (**permalink**) 06-03-2009

date -d "8 hours" will give you current date/time in 8 hours
date -d "8 days" will give you current date/time in 8 days
date -d "8 weeks" will give you current date/time in 8 weeks
and so on

use a "-" minus, to get post date/time.

You can use multiples such as "8 days 5 hours"

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