All, I have a requirement to assign yesterday's date in to a var. This should be compatible with all the months from Jan to Dec. Appreciate your help regarding the same. Cheers, Nish.

This is not my script; it's one of the better ones i found a while back on comp.unix.shell when i needed this also: #!/bin/ksh set -A DAYS Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat set -A MONTHS Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YESTERDAY=$((`date +%d` -1)) MONTH=`date +%m` YEAR=`date +%Y` NDAY=`date +%u` WEEKDAY=${DAYS[`date +%u`]} if [ $YESTERDAY -eq "0" ] then MONTH=$((MONTH-1)) if [ $MONTH -eq "0" ] then MONTH=12 YEAR=$((YEAR-1)) fi set `cal $MONTH $YEAR` shift $(($# - 1)) YESTERDAY=$1 fi TMONTH=${MONTHS[MONTH]} # uncomment next line for debugging # echo $WEEKDAY $YESTERDAY $MONTH $TMONTH $YEAR echo $YESTERDAY -jim

Dear Jim, Great !!!! Txs a Lot ! Nish.