Hi folks:

Apologies in advance if this has already been answered :-) - I am unable to view the posting contents in this forum so cannot determine if this has been queried and answered earlier.

In ksh, given a date value, how do I find the corresponding date "x" number of days in the future?

I hope the question is clear with the following example:
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#!/bin/ksh
dd=`/usr/bin/date +%d`
mm=`/usr/bin/date +%m`
YYYY=`/usr/bin/date +%Y`

currentDate=$YYYY-$mm-$dd
echo "Current date is $currentDate"

#In the below code, x is a variable
#it will be 90 in most cases
#I need to add x to the currentDate
# and store it in the variable futureDate

futureDate=$currentDate+$x
echo "Future date is $futureDate"
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Appreciate a response.

Thanks

hi metamask,
8 threads before you have the answer. The thread is in the same page with your thread his title title is "date manipulation" meanwhile your thread title is "Manipulating dates".

bye,
ducasio