How to format the date in KornShell script to DD-MON-YYYY?

Question

How do I format a date in a KornShell (ksh) script to DD-MON-YYYY?

I have tried the following:

date '+%d-%h-%Y'

It returns 04-Nov-2009 I need for the Nov to be NOV (all caps). Can this be done with the date utility?

Solution 1

This is what finally worked on unix(solaris).

date '+%d-%h-%Y' | tr [:lower:] [:upper:]

returned: 04-NOV-2009

Solution 2

The ^ character forces uppercase in the GNU coreutils date (at least, it does in version 6.9.92.4 of coreutils):

$ date '+%d-%^h-%Y'
04-NOV-2009

Unfortunately, ^ is not POSIX standard for date, so you'll probably have to resort to a second command such as the tr suggested by @martin clayton, if you aren't on a GNU system.

Solution 3

You could uppercase it yourself if caret uppercase is not supported in your environment:

date '+%d-%h-%Y' | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z'

Comments

[AieshaDot]

@Mark Rushakoff - This doesn't work on both uxix or linux. I get the following when I execute: 04-^Nov-2009.

[AieshaDot]

@martin clayton - This syntax worked on linux but not unix and my script is running on a unix box. However, your code snippet pointed me the right direction. Thx!

[user1066101]

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