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# 1  
Old 02-22-2012
Adding hours to current date
Hi,

any idea how to add hours to current date in unix.

thanks in advance
# 2  
Old 02-22-2012
This works on my GNU bash:
Code:
date -d "+5 hours"

# 3  
Old 02-22-2012
didn't worked on my solaris

Code:
date -d "+5 hours"
date: illegal option -- d
usage:  date [-u] mmddHHMM[[cc]yy][.SS]
        date [-u] [+format]
        date -a [-]sss[.fff]

---------- Post updated at 01:12 PM ---------- Previous update was at 01:06 PM ----------

any idea if i can use perl to add 5 hrs to the current date
Last edited by Franklin52; 02-22-2012 at 06:03 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for code and data samples, thank you
# 4  
Old 02-22-2012
This adds 5 hours to current time.
Code:
perl -e '$x=localtime(time+(5*3600));print $x'

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# 5  
Old 02-22-2012
hey thanks!! i did the same but in multiple lines.. you are greatSmilie
# 6  
Old 02-22-2012
In nawk ..
Code:
$ nawk 'BEGIN{print "0t"srand()+(5*3600)"=Y"}' | /usr/bin/adb

# 7  
Old 02-22-2012
hey jayan,
i dont have any idea about these AWK.. can you explain your statement..?
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