slicing the date

[R. E. Mackey]

In article <216000010 at s.cs.uiuc.edu>, carroll at s.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
> [......] The question is, how can I cut up the output of
> date to put the hours, minutes, and seconds into seperate variables? Thanks!

The line

	eval `date '+hr=%H;min=%M;sec=%S'`

will set 
	hr to the current hour,
	min to the current minute, and
	sec to the current second.

You're welcome.

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