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From: Brett Jackson <brett@bsduser.ca>
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Subject: using `date` in a script
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Hi,

I am having difficulty passing a variable to date(8) and have it spit out
the data in the date format.

for example:
birthday=19450104

>date -f ccyymmdd $birthday

that is some ugly psuedocode, eh?  Can I even do this?
I have read the manpage to see how to format the current date, but am lost
somewhere when trying the above.

Thanks.

Brett



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