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That works perfectly... thank you
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I need to compare 2 dates (date now and one from a file) and if date now is 20 minutes more than the date in the file, the script needs to restart the browser.<br />
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cat lastplaylist &nbsp; &nbsp;gives me the date in the file:Fri Feb 13 05:48:51 GMT 2009<br />
date gives me date and time now: Fri Feb 13 08:48:51 GMT 2009<br />
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I know I can restart the browser by <br />
killall firefox<br />
firefox <a href="http://mywebsite.com" rel="ugc">http://mywebsite.com</a><br />
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I just don't know how to compare the 2 dates and see the difference in minutes.<br />
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Could someone help?<br />
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Many thanks
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I need to compare 2 dates (date now and one from a file) and if date now is 20 minutes more than the date in the file, the script needs to restart the browser.

cat lastplaylist    gives me the date in the file:Fri Feb 13 05:48:51 GMT 2009
date gives me date and time now: Fri Feb 13 08:48:51 GMT 2009

I know I can restart the browser by 
killall firefox
firefox http://mywebsite.com

I just don't know how to compare the 2 dates and see the difference in minutes.

Could someone help?

Many thanks

compare dates in shell script

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