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I wanted to pass parameters in a shell script which calls a java program...

For example the current time is 2011:02:23 01:05 then I need to floor to nearest whole time like 1:00 (starttime parameter to java program) if its 1:05 and 1:15 (end time parameter to java program) the below timestamps I wanted to dynamically pass to a java program based on current time.

Example param(15min interval) to pass to java program via shell script.

java 2011:02:23 01:00 (start time) 2011.02.23 01:15 (end time)
java 2011.02.23 01:15 (starttime) 2011.02.23 01:30 (end time)

Can I ? or is there any way to generate the date with time in above specified format in unix ?

Note : This date: get current 15 minute interval doesnt serve my purpose.

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  • "ceil" (ceiling) rounding would take 1:05 to something higher, not something lower such as 1:00. Can you spell out the translation in more detail? What are the possible inputs and resulting outputs? Commented Aug 31, 2018 at 0:41
  • @jeff-schaller : updated. I need 2011:02:23 01:00(starttime param to java) if current time is 2011:02:23 01:08 . end time should look like 2011:02:23 01:15 Commented Aug 31, 2018 at 0:48
  • @JeffSchaller any pointers you can help with ? Commented Aug 31, 2018 at 17:12

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You can get the number of minutes multiple of 15 lower than current minutes (or minutes given in the first parameter) with:

a=$(date date -d "2011-02-23 01:05" +%-m) # need only minutes. a=${1:-"$a"} # or use the value from the first parameter. a=${a#0} # remove one optional leading zero to # avoid issues with 08 and 09. b=$((a-a%15)) # Round down to a 15 minutes multiple. c=$((b+15)) # end time echo "$b $c"

If you need a full date string use:

$ printf 'java %s%02d\n' "$(date -d "2011-02-23 01:05" +"%Y:%m:%d %H:")" "$b" java 2011:02:23 01:00

Or, in bash:

$ printf -v a '%(%s)T\n' -1 $ printf '%(java %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S)T\n' "$(( a - a % (60*15) ))" java 2018-08-30 22:45:00
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  • Hi Isaac not working as expected in the post Commented Aug 31, 2018 at 1:29
  • @RamPrasadG Maybe a description of which part doesn't work could be useful. :-( Commented Aug 31, 2018 at 2:21
  • Thanks for the solution! some how its not working for me. Commented Aug 31, 2018 at 20:21
  • @RamPrasadG I am sorry to hear that. Good luck. Commented Aug 31, 2018 at 23:15

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