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Simplest calculator two dates difference. By default in days
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datediff.sh
#!/bin/bash
#Simplest calculator two dates difference. By default in days
# Usage:
# ./datediff.sh first_date second_date [-(s|m|h|d) | --(seconds|minutes|hours|days)]
first_date=$(date -d "$1" "+%s")
second_date=$(date -d "$2" "+%s")
case "$3" in
"--seconds" | "-s") period=1;;
"--minutes" | "-m") period=60;;
"--hours" | "-h") period=$((60*60));;
"--days" | "-d" | "") period=$((60*60*24));;
esac
datediff=$(( ($first_date - $second_date)/($period) ))
echo $datediff
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