AH> really?
AH> how about the correct answer?
AH> unlike many date questions, this seems really clear:
AH>     go back one in the month dimension
AH>     if this leaves you at an invalid day, then go to nearest valid day
AH>             (break ties any way you like).

That's not quite it, though, or you'd expect

  +$ date -d '-3 months'
  Fri Mar  2 09:45:59 EST 2012

to do March 1st or Feb 29th instead.

                                      -Josh (iril...@infersys.com)
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