If you do "datecalc -j yyyy mm dd" , datecalc will try to compute the modified julian day number of the date. This will fail if the date is not valid. You can simply test the return code:
Here I sent stderr to /dev/null. But datecalc will write a specific error message to stderr if it detects an invalid date. You may want to just send the error on to the user.
Or you can can look at datecalc to see how to test the validity of a date. But it takes some code to this, mostly due to the complex rules involving leap year.
I have one script.for that the inputs are fromdate(dd/mon/yyyy) and todate(dd/mon/yyyy).
How i can validate the input format?for eg.27/08/2008 is not valid.27/aug/2008 or 27/Aug/2008 are valid.
and the todate is optional.so if the todate is not present in the input then i need to assign the... (6 Replies)
Hi,
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):
#!/usr/bin/ksh
INPUT_DATE=$1
FORMATTED_DATE=`date | cut -f2 -d' '`
#If there's no input use the... (1 Reply)
the user inputs names that have to be inside square brackets
I want to check if the user puts the brackets and if not ask him to re-enter the names (9 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)
Hi,
This will most likely be a simple answer.
Currently I have a situation where my script will be sent various options:
-o1 -o2 -oe3@somthing.com
Now, if I want to run a certain command based on the option I am sent, I am doing the following.
for o in $(echo $options)
do
if
... (3 Replies)
how to check input date format.
for example $input_date must be in format dd.mm.gg
script is execute like this:
bin/script1.sh 14.12.2009
script1.sh code:
#!/bin/sh
input_date=$1
CMD="/app/si/test/test.sh $input_date"
echo "*****"
$CMD (2 Replies)
The scope of the shell/perl script is to read the input text file. Validate the expiry date of each certificate and send the mail to the user. The user takes action to add the new certificate to the storage file and user owns the responsibility to update the input text file with the new certificate... (5 Replies)
$Input_filename=$ARGV;
if (!-d $Input_filename && ! -e $Input_filename)
{
print "USAGE: Please enter '$ABCD/def/dsed.txt' as an arguement \n";
exit;
}
1. Input Is suppose to be something like "$ABCD/def/dsed.txt".
if the input is wrong the script should throw an ERROR message.... (2 Replies)
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)
Discussion started by: krish2014
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datetime.setisodate
DATETIME.SETISODATE(3) 1 DATETIME.SETISODATE(3)DateTime::setISODate - Sets the ISO date
Object oriented style
SYNOPSIS
public DateTime DateTime::setISODate (int $year, int $week, [int $day = 1])
DESCRIPTION
Procedural style
DateTime date_isodate_set (DateTime $object, int $year, int $week, [int $day = 1])
Set a date according to the ISO 8601 standard - using weeks and day offsets rather than specific dates.
PARAMETERS
o $object
-Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create(3). The function modifies this object.
o $year
- Year of the date.
o $week
- Week of the date.
o $day
- Offset from the first day of the week.
RETURN VALUES
Returns the DateTime object for method chaining or FALSE on failure.
CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
|Version | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 5.3.0 | |
| | |
| | Changed the return value on success from NULL to |
| | DateTime. |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES
Example #1
DateTime.setISODate(3) example
Object oriented style
<?php
$date = new DateTime();
$date->setISODate(2008, 2);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d') . "
";
$date->setISODate(2008, 2, 7);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d') . "
";
?>
Procedural style
<?php
$date = date_create();
date_isodate_set($date, 2008, 2);
echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d') . "
";
date_isodate_set($date, 2008, 2, 7);
echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d') . "
";
?>
The above examples will output:
2008-01-07
2008-01-13
Example #2
Values exceeding ranges are added to their parent values
<?php
$date = new DateTime();
$date->setISODate(2008, 2, 7);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d') . "
";
$date->setISODate(2008, 2, 8);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d') . "
";
$date->setISODate(2008, 53, 7);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d') . "
";
?>
The above example will output:
2008-01-13
2008-01-14
2009-01-04
Example #3
Finding the month a week is in
<?php
$date = new DateTime();
$date->setISODate(2008, 14);
echo $date->format('n');
?>
The above examples will output:
3
SEE ALSO DateTime.setDate(3), DateTime.setTime(3).
PHP Documentation Group DATETIME.SETISODATE(3)