Oliver Elphick writes: > On the other hand, this does not properly handle invalid day/month > combinations, such as 31 February. Do you handle that somewhere else?
Use the 'date' command. For example: date +%D --date '1/1/97 +60days' returns: 03/02/97 Like most GNU utilities, 'date' is remarkably powerful. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .