https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=354629 User werner@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=354629#c1 Dr. Werner Fink <werner@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |schwab@novell.com Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #1 from Dr. Werner Fink <werner@novell.com> 2008-01-22 10:16:27 MST --- No, the result is correct, as you may read from the manual page of the ksh a leading zero declares a number as an octal number, therefore octal 017 is 15 in decimal system. You should use something like: #!/bin/ksh date "+%-j" typeset -i julian=$(date +"%-j") echo $julian to get the correct result: /suse/werner> ksh bug_smb 22 22 for current day of the year (which is Tue Jan 22 18:15:51 CET 2008) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.