Andrew Parker wrote: > On 8/8/07, Mike - EMAIL IGNORED <m_d_berger_1900@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Is there a system call or variable that will >> tell me if it is now a leap year, or should I >> do the arithmetic? > > For bash the following will display 061 if its currently a leap year, > 060 otherwise > > date -d "$(date +%Y)/03/01" +%j It doesn't work with dates after 2037/03/01 .... -- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@xxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org)
