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# 1  
Old 12-19-2018
Cut string from shell
How can I cut the date and leave it in 3 variable?

Code:
date="20181219"

year=substr(date,1,4)
monthsubstr(date,4,2)
daysubstr(date,6,2)
result

year=2018
month=12
day=19

this does not work for me
# 2  
Old 12-19-2018
Code:
date=20181219
year=${date:0:4}
month=${date:4:2}
day=${date:6:2}
echo $year $month $day

Notice that the first character of the string is position zero.
# 3  
Old 12-19-2018
Or, in case you run a recent shell, try


Code:
$ { read -n4 year; read -n2 month; read -n2 day; } <<< $date
$ echo $day $month $year
19 12 2018

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# 4  
Old 12-19-2018
Longhand using OSX 10.14.1, default bash terminal calling dash, POSIX compliant.
This assumes that the format is consistent as per the OP.
Code:
Last login: Wed Dec 19 16:12:52 on ttys000
AMIGA:amiga~> dash
AMIGA:\u\w> # POSIX compliant using dash, OSX 10.14.1, default bash terminal.
AMIGA:\u\w> STRING="20181219"
AMIGA:\u\w> year="${STRING%????}"
AMIGA:\u\w> date="${STRING#??????}"
AMIGA:\u\w> STRING="${STRING#????}"
AMIGA:\u\w> month="${STRING%??}"
AMIGA:\u\w> echo $year $month $date
2018 12 19
AMIGA:\u\w> exit
AMIGA:amiga~> _

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