Purpose

Return a string containing the UT date for "tonight". Between
8am and 2pm (local time), this is tomorrow's UT date.

Usage

ut_date [-n] [-d value]

Arguments

-n = return date in numeric, rather than string format
-d = return the date for [today plus value] days from now

Output

Returns a string representing today's date; e.g., "2000feb07",

Author

Gregory D. Wirth, W. M. Keck Observatory

Exit values

0 = normal completion
1 = wrong number of arguments

Example

1) Return tonight's UT date

ut_date

output

2001mar10

2) Returns tonight's UT date in numeric format...
ut_date -n

output

2001 03 10

3) Returns yesterday's UT date in numeric format...
ut_date -n -d -1

output

2002 03 09