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Old 09-01-2008
Getting previous(yesterday) date
Hello All,

I am picking current date in the variable like this :

Code:
CurrentDate=`date +%y%m%d`

But what my requirement is to get yesterday date. Like if today is 080831 so i want 080830.

I hope you understand what i am saying.

Please Help that how i can do that..

Regards,
Waqas Ahmed
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Old 09-01-2008
Check the links below or search the forum for "yesterday date"
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Old 09-01-2008
change TZ to get any date you wanted..
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