12-02-2012
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abhi_123
how do i get the previous month value(ie: subtract 1 from date)
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On any given day, I want to capture the month that has gone by - said otherwise, how do I capture last month?
expr date '+%m' - 1
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I am not able to fetch first date and last date previous month
date -d -1month +%Y-%m-%d
date -d -1month +%Y-%m-%d
I need two format dd-mm-yyy
previous month 01-03-2016
previous month 31-03-2016
and also only date 1 to 31
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conjunct
CONJUNCT(1) General Commands Manual CONJUNCT(1)
NAME
conjunct - find dates of equinox or new or full moon
SYNOPSIS
conjunct [options]
DESCRIPTION
conjunct searches for one of these events: spring equinox (default), summer solstice, autumn equinox, winter solstice, new moon, or full
moon.
OPTIONS
-s, --start date
Set starting date (default is current date). The date may be either a Julian day number (e.g. 2454180.0 for noon, 2007 March 20) or
an ISO 8601 date (e.g. 2007-03-20).
-e, --end date
Set ending date (default is one year from now).
-V, --vernal, --spring
Search for spring equinox (default).
-S, --summer
Search for summer solstice.
-A, --autumn, --fall
Search for autumn equinox.
-W, --winter
Search for winter solstice.
-N, --newmoon
Search for new moon.
-F, --fullmoon
Search for full moon.
-h, --help
Show summary of options.
SEE ALSO
aa(1).
AUTHOR
conjunct was written by Stephen L. Moshier <steve@moshier.net>.
This manual page was written by James R. Van Zandt <jrv@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
August 24, 2006 CONJUNCT(1)