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Old 11-16-2009
Find Time difference in Unix
Hi,

START_TIME :- "10-NOV-2009 00:00:04"
STOP_TIME :- "10-NOV-2009 00:05:47"


Please help to find difference between these two.

Searched for the same topic but did not find an answer for the same time format Smilie

Regards,
Robin
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Old 11-16-2009
Have a look at the FAQ article: https://www.unix.com/answers-frequent...rithmetic.html

You may well find what you're looking for in here. Also, post what you have attempted, and where you are stuck, and it is likely that you will get some assistance.

HTH
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Old 11-16-2009
Thanks a lot for your replay..

I have two variables

START_TIME="10-NOV-2009 00:00:04"
STOP_TIME="10-NOV-2009 00:05:47"

And now i need the difference in seconds in a third variable.

TIME_DIFFERENCE=$($START_TIME - $STOP_TIME)

so here i need the TIME_DIFFERENCE Smilie

Can u help?

Regards,
Robin
# 4  
Old 11-16-2009
With GNU date
Code:
$ date -d "10-NOV-2009 00:00:04" +%s
1257771604

$ date -d "10-NOV-2009 00:05:47" +%s
1257771947

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