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Asked: May 27, 20262026-05-27T23:37:57+00:00 2026-05-27T23:37:57+00:00

GNU Date lets you convert date strings like so: $ date +%d %m %Y

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GNU Date lets you convert date strings like so:

$ date +"%d %m %Y" -d "yesterday"
  04 01 2012

Is it possible to pipe a date string to it for conversion? I’ve tried the obvious -d - like so:

$ echo "yesterday" | date +"%d %m %Y" -d -

but it prints today’s date instead of yesterdays.

Is it possible to pipe values to it or doesn’t it support that?

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    2026-05-27T23:37:58+00:00Added an answer on May 27, 2026 at 11:37 pm

    Yes.

     echo "yesterday" | xargs date +"%d %m %Y" -d
    
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