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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting convert date variable to doy variable Post 302269105 by fpmurphy on Tuesday 16th of December 2008 11:20:09 PM
Old 12-17-2008
If you are using ksh93, support for date calculations and conversions is built in.
Code:
$ doy=$(printf "%(%j)T" "2008-12-16")
$ print $doy
351
$ doy=$(printf "%(%j)T")
$ print $doy
352
$

 

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Package::Stash::XS(3)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				     Package::Stash::XS(3)

NAME
Package::Stash::XS - faster and more correct implementation of the Package::Stash API VERSION
version 0.28 SYNOPSIS
use Package::Stash; DESCRIPTION
This is a backend for Package::Stash, which provides the functionality in a way that's less buggy and much faster. It will be used by default if it's installed, and should be preferred in all environments with a compiler. BUGS
No known bugs (but see the BUGS section in Package::Stash). Please report any bugs to GitHub Issues at <https://github.com/doy/package-stash-xs/issues>. SEE ALSO
Package::Stash SUPPORT
You can find this documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc Package::Stash::XS You can also look for information at: o MetaCPAN <https://metacpan.org/release/Package-Stash-XS> o Github <https://github.com/doy/package-stash-xs> o RT: CPAN's request tracker <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Package-Stash-XS> o CPAN Ratings <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Package-Stash-XS> AUTHOR
Jesse Luehrs <doy@tozt.net> COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Jesse Luehrs. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. perl v5.18.2 2013-07-16 Package::Stash::XS(3)
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