I want to validate if the given input is a valid month (written in long month format)
Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / Jun etc etc
This is what I've got with || (or statements):
But when I use this for every month (jan - dec), the list is too long and I get an error.
This is what I want (but this is too long), how can i validate the month or cut all the or statements over multiple lines, I tried // but that doesn't work:
Hi all,
I have a shell script(K shell) which takes a date as input.
i want the input to be in DD-MM-YYYY format.
Can i enforce such a format of input string using just one line of code?
OR
do i need to parse the input date into different components and test them using Case statements... (2 Replies)
I have a comma delimited log file which has the date as MM/DD/YY in the 2nd column, and HH:MM:SS in the 3rd column.
I need to change the date format to YYYY-MM-DD and merge it with the the time HH:MM:SS. How will I got about this?
Sample input
02/27/09,23:52:31
02/27/09,23:52:52... (3 Replies)
Hi..
I'm a newbie in KSH. Need help. How can I validate input date format in argument using format mm/dd/yy. Eg. > findlog.sh 12/30/09. Any info/help is highly appreciated. (3 Replies)
I have a list of dates in the following format: mm/dd/yyyy and want to change these to the MySQL standard format: yyyy-mm-dd.
The dates in the original file may or may not be zero padded, so April is sometimes "04" and other times simply "4".
This is what I use to change the format:
sed -i '' -e... (2 Replies)
Hello,
I need to take the input from user on below format and validate it.
ddd:hr:mm where ddd=mon-sun(days) , hr:hour (0-23) , mm=min(0-59).
Please assist me for getting input from user.
Thanks
Qamar (3 Replies)
Hi All,
I am very new to unix and just started to work with unix and shell scripting.I have a query anyone help would be much appreciated
I am using sun solaris OS
I want to validate a file according to its date and if validate successful then it would write the file name,size,date and... (3 Replies)
Hi Unix Gurus,
I would like to rename several files in a Unix Directory . The filenames can have more than 1 underscore ( _ ) and the last underscore is always followed by a date in the format mmddyyyy. The Extension of the files can be .txt or .pdf or .xls etc and is case insensitive ie... (1 Reply)
Here is my sample data
Test.txt
column 1|columne 2|start Date|end Date
test|test|03/24/2014|03/24/2014
test|test|03/24-2014|03/24/2014
test|test|03/24/2014|03/24/2014
test|test|03/24/2014|03/24-2014
test|test|03/24/2014|03/24/2014
Now in the file i am expecting the date fields should be... (4 Replies)
i try to set linux date & time in specific format but it keep giving me error
Example :
date "+%d-%m-%C%y %H:%M:%S" -d "19-01-2017 00:05:01"
or
date +"%d-%m-%C%y %H:%M:%S" -d "19-01-2017 00:05:01"
keep giving me this error :
date: invalid date ‘19-01-2017 00:05:01'
Please use CODE tags... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: umen
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
date
DATE(1) General Commands Manual DATE(1)NAME
date - print or set the date and time
SYNOPSIS
date [-qsu] [[MMDDYY]hhmm[ss]] [+format]
OPTIONS -q Read the date from stdin
-s Set the time (implicit for -q or a date string)
-u Print the date as GMT
-t Use this number of seconds instead of current time
EXAMPLES
date # Print the date and time
date 0221921610 # Set date to Feb 21, 1992 at 4:10 p.m.
DESCRIPTION
With the -q flag or a numeric argument, date sets the GMT time and date. MMDDYY refers to the month, day, and year; hhmmss refers to the
hour, minute and second. Each of the six fields must be exactly two digits, no more and no less. date always display the date and time,
with the default format for the system. The -u flag request GMT time instead of local time. A format may be specified with a + followed
by a printf-like string with the following options:
%% % character
%A Name of the day
%B Name of the month
%D mm/dd/yy
%H Decimal hour on 2 digits
%I Decimal hour modulo 12 on 2 digits
%M Decimal minute on 2 digits
%S Decimal seconds on 2 digits
%T HH:MM:SS
%U Decimal week number, Sunday being first day of week
%W Decimal week number, Monday being first day of week
%X Same as %T
%Y Decimal year on 4 digits
%Z Time Zone (if any)
%a Abbreviated name of the day
%b Abbreviated name of the month
%c Appropriate date & time (default format)
%d Decimal day of the month on 2 digits
%e Same as %d, but a space replaces leading 0
%h Same as %b
%j Decimal dey of the year on 3 digits
%m Decimal month on 2 digits
%n Newline character
%p AM or PM
%r 12-hour clock time with AM/PM
%s Number of seconds since the epoch
%t Tab character
%w Decimal day of the week (0=Sunday)
%x Same as %D
%y Decimal year on 2 digits
SEE ALSO time(2), ctime(3), readclock(8).
DATE(1)