On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 08:30:28 -0400 "Poyner, Brandon" <bpoyner at ccac.edu> wrote: > > It can be done... > > $ uname > Linux > $ date > Wed Aug 3 08:29:21 EDT 2005 > $ date --date="-1 day" +%Y-%m-%d > 2005-08-02 > Perfect! Thanks. This saves me from perl, and I could do a check for the operating system and use one or the other. Thanks! -- Tom Rhodes