johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine) (12/05/90)
What's the easiest way to get yesterday's date in a string? After some poking around, give or take a time zone, this seems to do the trick: $ TZ=EST29EDT date -- John R. Levine, IECC, POB 349, Cambridge MA 02238, +1 617 864 9650 johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us, {ima|spdcc|world}!iecc!johnl "Typically supercomputers use a single microprocessor." -Boston Globe
tr@samadams.princeton.edu (Tom Reingold) (12/11/90)
In article <1990Dec04.175617.5465@iecc.cambridge.ma.us> johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine) writes: % What's the easiest way to get yesterday's date in a string? After some % poking around, give or take a time zone, this seems to do the trick: % % $ TZ=EST29EDT date This is very cute. It works for stamping mail wrong, too. Well, almost. If the recipient doesn't look carefully, you fool him. -- Tom Reingold tr@samadams.princeton.edu OR ...!princeton!samadams!tr "Warning: Do not drive with Auto-Shade in place. Remove from windshield before starting ignition."