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Old 01-14-2014
[Solved] Using date command, getting previous day
Legends,

i need to get previous day using date command.
Can you please help.

Code:
sdosanjh:/home>  date +%m%d%y
011514

i tried
Code:
-d '-1 day'

but it is not working
# 2  
Old 01-14-2014
If using GNU date:

Code:
date --date="1 day ago" 
Mon Jan 13 22:13:43 EST 2014

date --date="yesterday"
Mon Jan 13 22:13:52 EST 2014

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sdosanjh
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Old 01-15-2014
but it shows error.
below is OS

Code:
sdosanjh:/home> isainfo -kv
64-bit sparcv9 kernel modules

Code:
sdosanjh:/home> date --date="1 day ago"
date: illegal option -- date=1 day ago
usage:  date [-u] mmddHHMM[[cc]yy][.SS]
        date [-u] [+format]
        date -a [-]sss[.fff]

---------- Post updated at 11:22 PM ---------- Previous update was at 11:21 PM ----------

And want the output from mmddyy to mm(dd-1)yy format
Example:

011614
to
011514
# 4  
Old 01-15-2014
There are some useful links in this post from the FAQ forum:
Yesterdays Date/Date Arithmetic | Unix Linux Forums | Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
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sdosanjh
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Old 01-15-2014
Ande there is also:
General Purpose Date Script | Unix Linux Forums | Tips and Tutorials

You havent been searching much...
# 6  
Old 01-15-2014
@carloM it worked.

Code:
TZ=GMT+24 date "+%m%d%y"

and

Code:
date '+%m:%d:%y' | awk -F":" '{printf"%2d%2d%2d\n",$1,($2-1),$3}' | sed 's/ /0/g'

 
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