title: awk for date ranges date format like mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss
body: <p>I have my log file like this i am trying retrive date range</p>
  
  <pre><code>"07/10/2013 01:31:54","SNMP" 
  
  "07/10/2013 01:31:54","SNMP" 
  .... ... .. 
  "07/10/2013 03:03:54","SNMP"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am using fallowing awk command, it gives all the rows, i tried different combination no use, is there standard data format need to use in awk?</p>
  
  <pre><code>awk -F, '"07/10/2013 01:35:40" &gt; $1&amp;&amp;$1 &lt;= "07/10/2013 01:50:03"' Mylog.log | wc -l
  </code></pre>