OraFAQ Forum: Unix » Date formatting in unix shell script

Home » Infrastructure » Unix » Date formatting in unix shell script

Show: Today's Messages :: Polls :: Message Navigator
E-mail to friend

Date formatting in unix shell script [message #295640]

Tue, 22 January 2008 23:43

vanathi
Messages: 74
Registered: December 2007
Location: India

Member

Hi,
I have 01172008 date. I have to change it to 17-jan-2008 in a shell script.

Please advice.

Report message to a moderator

Re: Date formatting in unix shell script [message #295661 is a reply to message #295640]

Wed, 23 January 2008 00:51

Michel Cadot
Messages: 68733
Registered: March 2007
Location: Saint-Maur, France, https...

Senior Member
Account Moderator

This is not an Oracle question, please note that this an Oracle forum.

> date +'%e-%b-%Y'
23-Jan-2008

Regards
Michel

[Updated on: Wed, 23 January 2008 00:51]

Report message to a moderator

Re: Date formatting in unix shell script [message #295664 is a reply to message #295661]

Wed, 23 January 2008 00:59

vanathi
Messages: 74
Registered: December 2007
Location: India

Member

Sorry Michel.
I am having that 01172008 in a variable. It is not denoting the today's date. It come from a file dynamically.

Report message to a moderator

Re: Date formatting in unix shell script [message #295769 is a reply to message #295664]

Wed, 23 January 2008 06:30

tahpush
Messages: 961
Registered: August 2006
Location: Stockholm/Sweden

Senior Member

You could apply this
With some small modifications it will suit your needs.

Report message to a moderator

Re: Date formatting in unix shell script [message #295771 is a reply to message #295769]

Wed, 23 January 2008 06:36

vanathi
Messages: 74
Registered: December 2007
Location: India

Member

I tried it another way and got it.

mVar=01172008 --> consider

mYear=`echo $mVar | cut -c 5-8`
mDay=`echo $mVar | cut -c 3-4`
mMth=`echo $mVar | cut -c 1-2`
mAllMths='Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec'
mMthOut=`echo ${mAllMths} | cut -d' ' -f${mMth}`

filegendatetime="$(echo ${mDay}'-'${mMthOut}'-'${mYear})"

This is working now.

Thanks for your effort.

[Updated on: Wed, 23 January 2008 06:38]

Report message to a moderator

Previous Topic:	SMTP service
Next Topic:	Oracle Installation Permissions Problem

Goto Forum:

-=] Back to Top [=-

[ Syndicate this forum (XML) ] [

]

Current Time: Sat Feb 08 23:19:09 CST 2025