if statement help

[David C. Uhrig]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Ray Parrish <crp at cmc.net> wrote:
> nowDay=$(date +%A);
> nowDate=$(date +%d%B%Y);
> nowTime=$(date +%H:%M);
> AMorPM=$(date +%H):
> padsp espeak "$nowDay";
> padsp espeak "$nowDate";
> padsp espeak "$nowTime hours":
> if [$AMorPM -lt 12]
> then padsp espeak "AM";
> else
>        padsp espeak "PM";
> fi
>
> Can anyone tell me why this always says PM, even when %H returns values
> lower than 12???
>
> Thanks for any help you can be.
>
> Later, Ray Parrish
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Hi Ray,

    I'm not sure why it is not working with %H, but why not use %p for
AM/PM instead of comparing the %H value?

-David C. Uhrig