Calculates the date 2 weeks ago from Saturday the specified format.

date -d '2 weeks ago Saturday' +%Y-%m-%d
Good for automating reports that need to run from between two dates.
Sample Output 
2009-02-07

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By: NPH
2009-02-21 16:42:52
date
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Doesn't seem to work on Mac OS X. Using bash 2.05b.0(1) as given by Apple. Maybe I should update?
rmenes · 895 weeks and 2 days ago
This only works with GNU date. *BSD (or "true") `date` versions do not have `-d` switch. The same applies to Mac OS X, since it uses FreeBSD userland commands.
ceesaxp · 895 weeks and 2 days ago

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