On Sunday 24 August 2008 18.07.59 j t wrote: > Hi all. > > Does anyone have any suggestions for a command-line-interface (CLI) > calculator that can work out the difference between 2 (gregorian) > dates (i.e. that is calendar aware). My favourite cli calculator > ("bc") doesn't seem to have any knowledge of the gregorian calendar. > > Just to make it clear, I'd like to be able to type in: > > 20080824-20080724 and it would work out the answer as 31
While I'm sure someone else will provide a much better way, I've used something like $ echo $(date -d 20080824 +%j) - $(date -d 20080724 +%j) | bc 31 ..in the past. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]