Difference between two dates in no of days ???

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hi All

How to get the difference between two dates in no of days ??? My date format is like this YYYY/MM/DD. I have to get the no of days between two dates in the given format.

I tried to search the forum but nothing came up similar to my requitement. Your help will be appreciated.

Thanks a lot to all in advance
C Saha

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Are you sure that you searched thoroughly? I searched for "date calculation" and found this. The FAQ section has a thread that says "Yesterdays Date/Date Arithmetic" You can definitely find a script to your liking there.