Re: [coreutils] Days Between Dates FAQ Entry Added

[Bob Proulx]

Sebastien Andre wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > I have added a tip to the date faq entry.  It hasn't been an faq but
> > but seemed useful just the same.
>
> For those interested by an implementation of this technique,
> 
> a shell script is available at
> http://scriptutils.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/scriptutils/sandbox/datediff.sh?revision=58
> 
> Example: duration until Christmas
>      $ ./datediff.sh -p 2010-12-25
>      6 months 2 days 20 hours 13 minutes 34.0032 seconds

Ah...  Very good.  Although this link view may be more interesting to
the casually browsing user.

  
http://scriptutils.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/scriptutils/sandbox/datediff.sh?view=log

Bob