String formatting in Tcl script

Question

I am having a time format in a variable as:

TIME 12/12/12

I need to reformat it into 12-12-12. How I can do it in a Tcl (Expect) script?

My script is test.tcl:

#!/usr/bin/expect

set time "12/12/12"

# here I need something so time will become 12-12-12
puts $time 
# I will get 12-12-12

12/12/12 is not a very good example. Do you mean mm/dd/yy -> yy-mm-dd? — potrzebie
– potrzebie, Commented Dec 24, 2012 at 20:07

sblom · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-24 07:02:35Z

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Tcl has a built in string function for this:

string map {/ -} $time

You'll have to either put this after puts or in a new set:

puts [string map {/ -} $time] or set time [string map {/ -} $time]

answered Dec 24, 2012 at 6:55

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:its not changing , giving same while printing the $time after above statement

potrzebie · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-24 17:14:41Z

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set time [clock format [clock scan $time] -format "%y-%m-%d"]

answered Dec 24, 2012 at 17:14

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edison · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-26 15:38:26Z

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This works for me: set datestring [clock format [clock seconds] -format "%y%m%d" -gmt true] good luck

answered Jan 26, 2016 at 15:38

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