date and cut

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From: dharmadam_man
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:08

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Can someone help with this.

tim=`date|cut -c1-8`
grep "$tim" ~/bin/oncall_pager.log    -- gives the following result
Wed Oct 4 00:59:12 CDT 2006   zeusp650   cycldadm

tim=`date|cut -c1-10`
grep "$tim" ~/bin/oncall_pager.log    -- gives nothing

Why is not recognizing 

Wed Oct 4

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