How to store value from a function and use it?


 
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Old 06-27-2012
It would seem that PREVIOUSDATE is ending up null, which means the function must be failing. I showed an alternate way to get yesterday's date without having to call a function.

Code:
$ PREVIOUSDATE=`TZ=XYZ+24 date '+%Y-%m-%d'`
$  echo $PREVIOUSDATE
2012-06-26
$ tempfile=CANCEL_FILE_$PREVIOUSDATE
$ echo $tempfile
CANCEL_FILE_2012-06-26
$

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CAL_FROM_JD(3)								 1							    CAL_FROM_JD(3)

cal_from_jd - Converts from Julian Day Count to a supported calendar

SYNOPSIS
array cal_from_jd (int $jd, int $calendar) DESCRIPTION
cal_from_jd(3) converts the Julian day given in $jd into a date of the specified $calendar. Supported $calendar values are CAL_GREGORIAN, CAL_JULIAN, CAL_JEWISH and CAL_FRENCH. PARAMETERS
o $jd - Julian day as integer o $calendar - Calendar to convert to RETURN VALUES
Returns an array containing calendar information like month, day, year, day of week, abbreviated and full names of weekday and month and the date in string form "month/day/year". EXAMPLES
Example #1 cal_from_jd(3) example <?php $today = unixtojd(mktime(0, 0, 0, 8, 16, 2003)); print_r(cal_from_jd($today, CAL_GREGORIAN)); ?> The above example will output: Array ( [date] => 8/16/2003 [month] => 8 [day] => 16 [year] => 2003 [dow] => 6 [abbrevdayname] => Sat [dayname] => Saturday [abbrevmonth] => Aug [monthname] => August ) SEE ALSO
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