Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!hsdndev!spdcc!ima!iecc!johnl From: johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine) Newsgroups: alt.hackers Subject: Yesterday Message-ID: <1990Dec04.175617.5465@iecc.cambridge.ma.us> Date: 4 Dec 90 17:56:17 GMT Sender: johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine) Organization: I.E.C.C. Lines: 9 Approved: not likely 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 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com