Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 20:49:28 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: date(1) Message-ID: <199707281949.UAA21778@awfulhak.org>
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Hi,
I'd like to add the following functionality to date(1) in -current,
and eventually backport it to RELENG_2_2. The argument against is
that it introduces more cruft into /bin, but I think date(1) is the
correct place for it.
The following flags will "adjust" the displayed date:
-D [+|-]days
-M [+|-]months
-W [+|-]weekdays
-Y [+|-]years
Without the + or - before the given day/month/weekday/year, the
appropriate bit of the date will be set to the given value. With
the + or -, the date will be adjusted by the given value.
For example, ``date -D1'' will output the date on the first of this
month, ``date -D1 -D-1'' will output the last day of last month,
``date -D1 -D-1 -W+saturday'' will output the date on the first
Saturday of this month and ``date -D1 -M+1 -W-fri'' will output
the last Friday of the month.
The flags are processed strictly in order.
The functionality can be used to provide arguments to programs and
would be *really* useful for archiving scripts.
Any objections or suggestions ?
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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