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Old 06-23-2005
How to get sysdate -1

Hi,

How can i change date value to date value - 1 in unix ?

I mean sysdate to sysdate -1.
Can anyone throw some light on that ?

cheers,
gopskrish
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Old 06-23-2005
If you go into the FAQ, there is a nice thread deveoted to several different ways to do that.

https://www.unix.com/showthread.php?t=13785
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Old 06-23-2005
Thanks Jim,

I got the info, I asked for.

Thanks again.

gopskrish
 
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