Date difference calculation command

Question

I have date in the format of 10/2/23. How can I get the difference of 10/2/23 to todays date? Please advise.

duplicates: Quickly calculate date differences, Calculate time difference between two dates, Date Difference Calculation... — phuclv, May 22 '23 at 01:22
see also Unix: how to get number of days from a given date like 10Dec2022 — steeldriver, May 22 '23 at 01:23
This question does not show the first step effort. Perhaps ChatGPT make this all for you. — Thibault LE PAUL, May 28 '23 at 19:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 22 '23 at 05:35

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Time diff in integral seconds or integral days:

$ echo $(($(date +%s -d "10/2/23") - $(date +%s)))
11485596
$ echo $((($(date +%s -d "10/2/23") - $(date +%s))/(24*60*60)))
132

answered May 22 '23 at 05:35

stevea

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