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using date tool in bash

date --date='10:30am + 1 hour' +%H:%M
11:30 produces

date --date='10:30pm + 1 hour' +%H:%M produces
23:30

I want to do the following:
TIME="1:30pm"
date --date='$TIME + 1 hour' + %H:%M
to produce
14:30

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Here ya go:

Code:

date --date=$TIME" +1 hour" +%H:%M

Last edited by biomix; 02-10-2012 at 05:46 PM.. Reason: Forgot the variable in the code

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