Hi guys,
I have been trying to create a list of dates from a certain range, ie.
range from 01011950 to 31122000
But when my below code reaches certain dates, it comes up with a;
'date: invalid date 'yyyy-mm-dd -d 1day'
Sofar I have come up with the following, slow and ugly;
#!/bin/bash
# Create a wordlist based on dates in the format
# ddmmyyyy
# date doesnt seem to like certain dates resulting in a
# 'date: invalid date 'yyyy-mm-dd -d 1day'
#
# Although the input needs to be yyyy-mm-dd
# the output with the below script will be ddmmyyyy
# Its slow and suppose it would be quicker if it wasnt
# 'teed' to screen, but what else are you gonna stare at..
#
echo "Enter the starting date"
echo "must be in the format yyyy-mm-dd"
(tput bold && tput setaf 1)
read START_DATE
(tput sgr 0)
echo "Enter the ending date"
echo "must be in the format yyyy-mm-dd"
(tput bold && tput setaf 1)
read END_DATE
(tput sgr 0)
# List all dates in between the above dates
echo $START_DATE | tee r_dates.txt
while true
do
START_DATE=$( date +%Y-%m-%d -d "$START_DATE -d 1day" )
echo $START_DATE | tee -a r_dates.txt
if [ "$START_DATE" == "$END_DATE" ]
then
awk -F- '{print $3 $2 $1}' r_dates.txt > datelist.txt
rm r_dates.txt
(tput bold && tput setaf 1)
echo "wordlist 'datelist.txt' created"
(tput sgr 0)
exit
fi
done
Can anyone explain to me why 'date' is giving an error when it reaches certain dates ?
For instance, when trying 2000-01-01 to 2050-12-31 using
the above code, an error is reported when it reaches
2038-01-19 ;
date: invalid date `2038-01-19 -d 1day'
Would appreciate it if someone can point me in the right direction with this !
Thanks - TAPE
