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Old 02-23-2010
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see the following date command examples

Code:
date -d "1 month ago"

using this we can manipulating the date.

see the following more examples.

The following example used for current date from ago

Code:
#date
Tue Feb 23 14:32:14 IST 2010

#date -d "1 day ago"
Mon Feb 22 14:32:18 IST 2010

#date -d "1 week ago"
Tue Feb 16 14:32:24 IST 2010

#date -d "1 month ago"
Sat Jan 23 14:32:29 IST 2010

 #date -d "1 year ago"
Mon Feb 23 14:32:35 IST 2009

The following example used for current date after

Code:
  #date
Tue Feb 23 14:35:00 IST 2010

#date -d "+1 day"
Wed Feb 24 14:35:05 IST 2010

#date -d "+1 week"
Tue Mar  2 14:35:09 IST 2010

#date -d "+1 month"
Tue Mar 23 14:35:14 IST 2010

#date -d "+1 year"
Wed Feb 23 14:35:21 IST 2011

 

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widget_calendar(n)					    widget::calendar Megawidget 					widget_calendar(n)

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NAME
widget_calendar - widget::calendar Megawidget SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl 8.4 package require Tk 8.4 package require widget ?3.0? widget::calendar pathname ?options? _________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION
This package provides a calendar megawidget (snidget). widget::calendar pathname ?options? WIDGET OPTIONS
-command A script to evaluate when a date was selected. -dateformat The format of the date that is returned. Default: %m/%d/%Y. -firstday Set first day the week, Either sunday or monday. It defaults to monday. -font Select the font used in the widget. It defaults to Helvetica 9. -highlightcolor Selects the background color for the day that has been selected. Default: #FFCC00 -language Specify language of the calendar contents. The language is specified by abbreviations of the languge, for example: en - english, de - german ... It defaults to en. Supported languages: en, de, fr, it, es, pt, ru, sv, zh, fi -shadecolor Selects the color of the parts that have a shaded background. Default: #888888 -showpast Specify if the past shall be shown. It is a boolean value and defaults to 1. -textvariable Specifies the name of a variable whose value is linked to the entry widget's contents. Whenever the variable changes value, the widget's contents are updated, and vice versa. WIDGET COMMAND
pathname get ?what? Returns a part of the selected date or 'all'. The argument what selects the part. Valid values for what are: day, month, year and all. 'all' is the default and returns the complete date in the format given with -dateformat. DEFAULT BINDINGS
On creation of the calendar widget the following bindings are installed. o Up - Move to week before current date o Down - Move to week after current date o Left - Move to day before current date o Right - Move to day after current date o Control-Left - Move to month before current date o Control-Right - Move to month after current date o Control-Up - Move to year before current date o Control-Down - Move to year after current date EXAMPLE
package require widget::calendar ; # or widget::all set t [widget::calendar .t] pack $t -fill x -expand 1 KEYWORDS
megawidget, snit, widget widget 0.93 widget_calendar(n)
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