How do I format a date in a korn shell script to DD-MON-YYYY?
I have tried the following:
date '+%d-%h-%Y'
It returns 04-Nov-2009 I need for the Nov to be NOV (all caps). Can this be done with the date utility?
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You could uppercase it yourself if caret uppercase is not supported in your environment:
date '+%d-%h-%Y' | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z'
martin clayton
2009-11-04 23:01:01
@martin clayton - This syntax worked on linux but not unix and my script is running on a unix box. However, your code snippet pointed me the right direction. Thx!
AieshaDot
2009-11-04 23:21:53
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The ^ character forces uppercase in the GNU coreutils date (at least, it does in version 6.9.92.4 of coreutils):
$ date '+%d-%^h-%Y'
04-NOV-2009
Unfortunately, ^ is not POSIX standard for date, so you'll probably have to resort to a second command such as the tr suggested by @martin clayton, if you aren't on a GNU system.
Mark Rushakoff
2009-11-04 23:02:05
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This is what finally worked on unix(solaris).
date '+%d-%h-%Y' | tr [:lower:] [:upper:]
returned: 04-NOV-2009
AieshaDot
2009-11-04 23:20:37