RE: date format in ksh

Suhen,
If all you want is a format check (and no date validation) here is a way to do it:

#!/usr/bin/ksh
REQD=ZZ-ZZZ-ZZ RCVD=`echo $1| tr '[A-Z] | [a-z] | [0-9]' '[Z*]'`

if [ $REQD = $RCVD ]
then
  echo "Input Format is Okay"
else
  echo "Input Format is WRONG"
fi

HTH, Regards,

• Kirti Deshpande Verizon Information Services http://www.superpages.com

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> Jared,
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> Thanks for the reply.
> I am passing a hardcoded date.
> I am not getting a date from the
> "date" command in ksh.
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> What my ksh does is retrieves $1 and must check if the date format
> is in DD-MON-YY eg. 02-FEB-01.
> It uses the hardcoded date (passed in as argument 1) in the script.
> If the date is in another format other than above then it must exit.
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> Regards
> Suhen
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> date +%d-%b-%Y
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> man date.
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> You may have to look at the man page on a system with more
> recent documentation, such as linux. The man page on
> Solaris is incomplete.
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> JARed
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> Suhen Pather
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> Sorry to deviate from the topic, but
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> I am writing a korn shell script that would exit if the date format is
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> I just need something to compare the date format passed in with
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> I am passing an argument to my ksh script being the date.
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> If the date is in any other format but DD-MON-YYYY the ksh must exit.
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> Eg. sh test.ksh 02/05/1999
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