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Old 05-10-2016
Date Format Problem

I have written a code in Linux environment which compares two dates and print "correct" if 1st date is less than 2nd date. But when I'm running the same code in SunOS environment, "date -d is an illegal format" is the error it is throwing. How different should my code be so that it executes well in SunOS environment.

Code:
#!/usr/bin/bash
clear
export NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8



if [ $# -lt 2 ]  ; then
        echo " Incorrect Number of Arguments";
        echo " Usage : Main_Script <FROM_DATE> <TO_DATE>";
        echo " Example : Main_Script 21-JUL-2015 30-JUL-2015";
        exit;

fi;

if [ $# == 2 ]; then
      if [[ $1 == [0-3][0-9]-[A-Z][A-Z][A-Z]-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9] ]]; then
              if  [[ $2 == [0-3][0-9]-[A-Z][A-Z][A-Z]-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9] ]];
                  then
                  d1=`date -d $1 +%s`
                  d2=`date -d $2 +%s`
                echo $d1;
                echo $d2;
        
                                        if [[ $d2 -gt $d1 ]];
                                        then
                                        echo "correct";

                      else
                                                 echo "Start date is more than end date";

                         exit;

 fi;
                   else
                   echo "Incorrect date format";
                   echo  $2;
                                  echo "Usage : DD-MMM-YYYY";
                  echo " Example :  Main_Script 21-JUL-2015 30-JUL-2015";
                  exit;
       fi;
           else
            echo "Incorrect date format";
                echo  $1;

It would be of great help if someone can help me.
Thank you


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# 2  
Old 05-10-2016
Install the gnu utilities on the Sun machine.
# 3  
Old 05-10-2016
How would i do that??
Can I get the details
# 4  
Old 05-10-2016
# 5  
Old 05-11-2016
This is not helping. Can anyone help by making some changes in this code so that it runs well for Solaris
# 6  
Old 05-11-2016
Hello chandan_Bose,

I think this thread is pretty much similar too following thread, where me and other forum members tried our best to answer your question.
Scripting issue
Could you please let me know where are we on that, as we have tried our best to answer and solve your problem.

Thanks,
R. Singh
# 7  
Old 05-11-2016
Well, the problem seems to be that in your "SunOS environment" date doesn't behave like (GNU) date in linux. You've been given two alternatives (in your other thread ) that don't depend on GNU date. Wouldn't one of those do what you need?
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