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# 1  
Old 02-06-2015
Show the string in date format
Hello guys.
how can print the:
Code:
20140206

like
Code:
Fri, Feb  6, 2015

Thank you.
# 2  
Old 02-06-2015
Hello Ymir,

Could you please try following and let me know if this helps.
Code:
 date -d"20140206" +%A", "%B", "%d", "%Y

Output will be as follows.
Code:
Thursday, February, 06, 2014

NOTE: I am using GNU date, it should work in GNU version of date.


Thanks,
R. Singh
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Ymir
# 3  
Old 02-06-2015
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Originally Posted by RavinderSingh13
Hello Ymir,

Could you please try following and let me know if this helps.
Code:
 date -d"20140206" +%A", "%B", "%d", "%Y

Output will be as follows.
Code:
Thursday, February, 06, 2014

NOTE: I am using GNU date, it should work in GNU version of date.

Thank you. it work in commen shell scripts. but it didn't work in awk END part.
Thanks,
R. Singh
# 4  
Old 02-06-2015
Hello Ymir,

Could you please try following and let me know if this helps.
Code:
echo "20140206" | awk 'END{system("date -d"$0" +%A,%B,%d,%Y")}'

Output will be as follows.
Code:
Thursday,February,06,2014

Thanks,
R. Singh
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Ymir
# 5  
Old 02-06-2015
Try also
Code:
awk 'BEGIN {Y=20150206; print Y | "read X; date +\"%a,%b %d, %Y\" -d $X"}'
Fri,Feb 06, 2015

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