How Can we change the Date format from Variable

Shell Programming and Scripting
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curr_date=yyyy-mm-dd
1.we want get month from the above date
2.Change the format into yyyymmdd

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curr_date=yyyy-mm-dd
echo $curr_date | cut -d- -f2
echo $curr_date | tr -d -

-ilan
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