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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers print previous month (current month minus 1) with Solaris date and ksh Post 302419519 by curleb on Friday 7th of May 2010 11:47:11 AM
Old 05-07-2010
More or less based on jim_mcnamara's above, but allows for implicit and explicit usage:

Code:
last_month() 
{
   typeset my_arg="${1:-$(date '+%m')}" 
   typeset digit_array='01:12 02:01 03:02 04:03 05:04 06:05 07:06 08:07 09:08 10:09 11:10 12:11 ' 
   typeset alpha_array='Jan:Dec Feb:Jan Mar:Feb Apr:Mar May:Apr Jun:May Jul:Jun Aug:Jul Sep:Aug Oct:Sep Nov:Oct Dec:Nov ' 

   mon=$(echo ${digit_array} ${alpha_array} |tr ' ' "\n" |grep -n "^0*${my_arg}" |awk -F':' '{print $3;}')

   echo ${mon} 
}

last_month 
last_month 10 
last_month Apr

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DateTime::Locale::en_BZ(3)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				DateTime::Locale::en_BZ(3)

NAME
DateTime::Locale::en_BZ SYNOPSIS
use DateTime; my $dt = DateTime->now( locale => 'en_BZ' ); print $dt->month_name(); DESCRIPTION
This is the DateTime locale package for English Belize. DATA
This locale inherits from the DateTime::Locale::en locale. It contains the following data. Days Wide (format) Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Abbreviated (format) Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Narrow (format) M T W T F S S Wide (stand-alone) Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Abbreviated (stand-alone) Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Narrow (stand-alone) M T W T F S S Months Wide (format) January February March April May June July August September October November December Abbreviated (format) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Narrow (format) J F M A M J J A S O N D Wide (stand-alone) January February March April May June July August September October November December Abbreviated (stand-alone) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Narrow (stand-alone) J F M A M J J A S O N D Quarters Wide (format) 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter Abbreviated (format) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Narrow (format) 1 2 3 4 Wide (stand-alone) 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter Abbreviated (stand-alone) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Narrow (stand-alone) 1 2 3 4 Eras Wide Before Christ Anno Domini Abbreviated BC AD Narrow B A Date Formats Full 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 05 February 2008 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 December 1995 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 September -10 Long 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 05 February 2008 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 December 1995 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 September -10 Medium 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 05-Feb-2008 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22-Dec-1995 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15-Sep--10 Short 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 05/02/08 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22/12/95 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15/09/-10 Default 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 05-Feb-2008 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22-Dec-1995 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15-Sep--10 Time Formats Full 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 18:30:30 UTC 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 09:05:02 UTC -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 04:44:23 UTC Long 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 18:30:30 UTC 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 09:05:02 UTC -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 04:44:23 UTC Medium 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 18:30:30 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 09:05:02 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 04:44:23 Short 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 18:30 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 09:05 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 04:44 Default 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 18:30:30 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 09:05:02 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 04:44:23 Datetime Formats Full 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 05 February 2008 18:30:30 UTC 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 December 1995 09:05:02 UTC -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 September -10 04:44:23 UTC Long 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 05 February 2008 18:30:30 UTC 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 December 1995 09:05:02 UTC -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 September -10 04:44:23 UTC Medium 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 05-Feb-2008 18:30:30 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22-Dec-1995 09:05:02 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15-Sep--10 04:44:23 Short 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 05/02/08 18:30 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22/12/95 09:05 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15/09/-10 04:44 Default 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 05-Feb-2008 18:30:30 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22-Dec-1995 09:05:02 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15-Sep--10 04:44:23 Available Formats d (d) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 EEEd (d EEE) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5 Tue 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 Fri -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 Sat Hm (H:mm) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 18:30 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 9:05 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 4:44 hm (h:mm a) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 6:30 PM 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 9:05 AM -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 4:44 AM Hms (H:mm:ss) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 18:30:30 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 9:05:02 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 4:44:23 hms (h:mm:ss a) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 6:30:30 PM 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 9:05:02 AM -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 4:44:23 AM M (L) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 2 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 12 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 9 Md (M/d) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 2/5 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 12/22 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 9/15 MEd (E, M/d) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = Tue, 2/5 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = Fri, 12/22 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = Sat, 9/15 MMdd (dd/MM) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 05/02 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22/12 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15/09 MMM (LLL) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = Feb 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = Dec -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = Sep MMMd (MMM d) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = Feb 5 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = Dec 22 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = Sep 15 MMMEd (E, MMM d) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = Tue, Feb 5 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = Fri, Dec 22 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = Sat, Sep 15 MMMMd (MMMM d) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = February 5 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = December 22 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = September 15 MMMMEd (E, MMMM d) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = Tue, February 5 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = Fri, December 22 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = Sat, September 15 ms (mm:ss) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 30:30 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 05:02 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 44:23 y (y) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 2008 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 1995 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = -10 yM (M/yyyy) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 2/2008 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 12/1995 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 9/-010 yMEd (EEE, M/d/yyyy) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = Tue, 2/5/2008 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = Fri, 12/22/1995 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = Sat, 9/15/-010 yMMM (MMM y) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = Feb 2008 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = Dec 1995 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = Sep -10 yMMMEd (EEE, MMM d, y) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = Tue, Feb 5, 2008 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = Fri, Dec 22, 1995 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = Sat, Sep 15, -10 yMMMM (MMMM y) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = February 2008 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = December 1995 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = September -10 yQ (Q yyyy) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 1 2008 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 4 1995 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 3 -010 yQQQ (QQQ y) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = Q1 2008 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = Q4 1995 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = Q3 -10 yyyyMMMM (MMMM y) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = February 2008 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = December 1995 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = September -10 Miscellaneous Prefers 24 hour time? Yes Local first day of the week Monday SUPPORT
See DateTime::Locale. AUTHOR
Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org> COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2008 David Rolsky. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. This module was generated from data provided by the CLDR project, see the LICENSE.cldr in this distribution for details on the CLDR data's license. perl v5.16.3 2014-06-10 DateTime::Locale::en_BZ(3)
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