exceedsDayInMonth(){
case $(echo $1 | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]') in
jan* ) days=31 ;; feb* ) days=28 ;;
mar* ) days=31 ;; apr* ) days=30 ;;
may* ) days=31 ;; jun* ) days=30 ;;
jul* ) days=31 ;; aug* ) days=31 ;;
sep* ) days=30 ;; oct* ) days=31 ;;
nov* ) days=30 ;; dec* ) days=31 ;;
*) echo "$0: Unknow month name $1" >&2
exit 1 ;;
esac
if [ $2 -lt 1 -o $2 -gt $days ]; then
return 1
else
return 0
fi
}
isLeapYear(){
year=$1
if [ "$((year % 4))" -ne 0 ]; then
return 1
elif [ "$((year % 400))" -eq 0 ]; then
return 0
elif [ "$((year % 100))" -eq 0 ]; then
return 0
else
return 0
fi
}
if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
echo "Usage: $0 month day year" >&2
echo "Typical input format are August 3 2009 and 8 3 2009" >&2
exit 1
fi
newdate="$(./normdate.sh "$@")"
if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
exit 1
fi
month="$(echo $newdate | cut -d' ' -f1)"
days="$(echo $newdate | cut -d' ' -f2)"
year="$(echo $newdate | cut -d' ' -f3)"
if ! exceedsDayInMonth $month "$2" ; then
if [ "$month" = "Feb" -a "$2" -eq "29" ]; then
if ! isLeapYear $3 ; then
echo "$0: $3 is not a leap year, so Feb doesn't have $2 day" >&2
exit 1
fi
else
echo "$0: bad day value: $month doesn't have $2 days" >&2
exit 1
fi
fi
echo "Valid date: $newdate"
exit 0
$ ./valid_date.sh august 3 2009
Valid date: Aug 3 2009
$ ./valid_date.sh 9 31 2009
./valid_date.sh: bad day value: Sep doesn't have 31 days
$ ./valid_date.sh feb 29 2004
Valid date: Feb 29 2004
$ ./valid_date.sh feb 29 2009
./valid_date.sh: 2009 is not a leap year, so Feb doesn't have 29 day