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Old 11-09-2001
Question get yesterday date in yyyymmdd format

I would like to know how I could get a yesterday date in yyyymmdd e.g. today is 20011109, and I would like to get 20011108. Thank you!Smilie
 

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WMSUN(1)						      General Commands Manual							  WMSUN(1)

NAME
WMSUN - Dockable WindowMaker SunRise/SunSet App SYNOPSIS
wmSun [-h] [-display <Display>] [-lat <Latitude>] [-lon <Longitude>] [-td <TimeDiff>] [-date <yyyymmdd>] DESCRIPTION
wmSun displays the current day's Sun Rise and Set Times. You must enter your LAtitude and Longitude correctly for it to work. OPTIONS
-h Display list of command-line options. -display <display> Use an alternate X Display. -lat <Latitude> Set latitude of observer. -lon <Longitude> Set longitude of observer. -td <UT - LT> Set the difference beteeen UT and LT. Useful when you want to show the Sunrise/Sunset at a remote lat/lon without resetting your clock. -date <yyyymmdd> Set the date to show sunrise/sunset for. EXAMPLES
wmSun -lon 106.3 -lat 35.9 this would display rise/set times at Los Alamos in local time. wmSun -lat 19.58 -lon 155.92 -td 10 this would display rise/set times in Kona, Hawaii in local time (in winter -- you need to take into account daylight savings at other times of the year). BUGS
Who knows? (Let me know if you find any). AUTHOR
Michael G. Henderson <mghenderson@lanl.gov> 5 January 1999 WMSUN(1)
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