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Old 05-13-2005
Calendar date to Julian and Back

I need Unix, ksh scripts that will convert dates - Gregorian to Julian and Julian to Gregorian.

Input for converting Gregorian to Julian would be in the form of CCYYMMDD with the output being CCYYDDD.

Input for converting Julian to Gregorian would be CCYYDDD with the output being CCYYMMDD.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
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Old 05-13-2005
See "Yesterdays Date/Date Arithmetic" in our faq section.
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Old 05-13-2005
Question I'm new here. How do I see Yesterday's stuff?

I've been trying to find the FAQs but can't seem to get the right combination to see what you're talking of.
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Old 05-13-2005
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Originally Posted by BCarlson
I've been trying to find the FAQs but can't seem to get the right combination to see what you're talking of.
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Old 05-14-2005
Error Thanks!! It appears as if that's exactly what I needed.

Will play around with it and let you know.
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