RE: date format in ksh

[Brian MacLean]

Use the /usr/sadm/bin/valdate command and check the return status. Examples:      --GOOD DATE--   12322:oracle@e6500a> valdate -f "%e-%b-%Y" 1-jan-2001 12322:oracle@e6500a> echo $? 0   --BAD DATE--   12322:oracle@e6500a> valdate -f "%e-%b-%Y" 41-JaN-2001 12322:oracle@e6500a> echo $? 1   The valdate command doesn't seam to like leading 0's (zero's) so you can just use sed to strip it off.  This example should do most of what ya need:   12322:oracle@e6500a> cat dateck.ksh #!/bin/ksh vDATE="${1}" if valdate -f "%e-%b-%Y" $(echo "${vDATE}" | sed "s/^0//") then   echo "Good date ${vDATE}" else   echo "Bad date ${vDATE}" fi     12322:oracle@e6500a> dateck.ksh 41-mar-2001 Bad date 41-mar-2001 12322:oracle@e6500a> dateck.ksh 01-Mar-2001 Good date 01-Mar-2001 -----Original Message----- From: Suhen Pather [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 8:00 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: date format in ksh List,   Sorry to deviate from the topic, but I am writing a korn shell script that would exit if the date format is incorrect.   I just need something to compare the date format passed  in with DD-MON-YYYY.   Eg. I am passing an argument to my ksh script being the date. If the date is in any other format but DD-MON-YYYY the ksh must exit.   Eg.  sh test.ksh 02/05/1999   It must exit.   The only format excepted should be sh test.ksh 02-MON-YYYY   TIA   Regards Suhen