#!/bin/sh # Six month ago # ------------- SIXM=`date -j -v"-6m" +"%F %T"` ## Epoc SIXM_EPOC=`date -j -f "%F %T" "$SIXM" "+%s"` ## express SQL date into epoc time ## SQL_DATE_EPOC=`date -j -f "%F %T" "${1}" "+%s"` ## test sql_date < sixm [ "${SQL_DATE_EPOC}" -gt "$SIXM_EPOC" ] && echo "match"