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Passing Day in string
I need to pass days in past 3, 4, 5 day in strings.

Today is Feb 7, so past 3, 4, 5 days are:

Code:
day1="Feb 2"
day2="Feb 3"
day3="Feb 4"

I have set day1 day2 day3 as the variables. So, what I need is to have the day stings to be past 3, 4, 5 days every day.

If it Feb 8, they need to be:
Code:
day1="Feb 3"
day2="Feb 4"
day3="Feb 5"

If it Feb 9, they need to be:
Code:
day1="Feb 4"
day2="Feb 5"
day3="Feb 6"

and so on.

The format of string needs to "Feb 3" (Uppercase for the first letter, Jan, Feb, Mar, etc; space ; numeric for the day of the month).

Thank you so much for your help!
 
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NAME

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SYNOPSIS

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