seq date for generators

Print sequences of dates.

Signature

> seq date {flags}

Flags

  • --output-format, -o {string}: prints dates in this format (defaults to %Y-%m-%d)
  • --input-format, -i {string}: give argument dates in this format (defaults to %Y-%m-%d)
  • --begin-date, -b {string}: beginning date range
  • --end-date, -e {string}: ending date
  • --increment, -n {int}: increment dates by this number
  • --days, -d {int}: number of days to print
  • --reverse, -r: print dates in reverse

Input/output types:

inputoutput
nothinglist<string>

Examples

print the next 10 days in YYYY-MM-DD format with newline separator

> seq date --days 10

print the previous 10 days in YYYY-MM-DD format with newline separator

> seq date --days 10 --reverse

print the previous 10 days starting today in MM/DD/YYYY format with newline separator

> seq date --days 10 -o '%m/%d/%Y' --reverse

print the first 10 days in January, 2020

> seq date --begin-date '2020-01-01' --end-date '2020-01-10'
╭───┬────────────╮
 0  2020-01-01 
 1  2020-01-02 
 2  2020-01-03 
 3  2020-01-04 
 4  2020-01-05 
 5  2020-01-06 
 6  2020-01-07 
 7  2020-01-08 
 8  2020-01-09 
 9  2020-01-10 
╰───┴────────────╯

print every fifth day between January 1st 2020 and January 31st 2020

> seq date --begin-date '2020-01-01' --end-date '2020-01-31' --increment 5
╭───┬────────────╮
 0  2020-01-01 
 1  2020-01-06 
 2  2020-01-11 
 3  2020-01-16 
 4  2020-01-21 
 5  2020-01-26 
 6  2020-01-31 
╰───┴────────────╯