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bug #21455: date --date "" "+test" fails ONLY WITHIN CERTAIN TIME PERIOD #$%^%

Submitter:  Mischa Molhoek <mischamolhoek>
Submitted:  Mon 29 Oct 2007 09:24:43 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  None Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  None Status:  Fixed
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  None
Open/Closed:  Closed

Mon 10 Dec 2007 07:41:48 AM UTC, comment #2: 

This is fixed in coreutils-6.9.90.

Jim Meyering <meyering>
Group administrator
Mon 29 Oct 2007 11:09:21 AM UTC, comment #1: 

ok, here is the text version, because the image is remove by accident  :)

[titan: mischa] ~> date --version
date (GNU coreutils) 5.97
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by David MacKenzie.
[titan: mischa] ~> date --date "" "+test"
test

[titan: mischa] ~> sudo date -s "Sun Oct 28 22:00:53 CET 2007"
Sun Oct 28 22:00:53 CET 2007

[titan: mischa] ~> date --date "" "+test"
date: invalid date `'

[titan: mischa] ~> sudo rdate -s ntp.xs4all.nl

[titan: mischa] ~> date
Mon Oct 29 12:08:41 CET 2007

[titan: mischa] ~> date --date "" "+test"
test


Mischa Molhoek <mischamolhoek>
Mon 29 Oct 2007 09:24:43 AM UTC, original submission:  

this is a strange bug i tell you.

see the attached image to see whats happening...

i am running ubuntu gutsy, (2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux) (GNU coreutils) 5.97)

but it also happens on gentoo (latest) (gnu core utils 6.9)

have fun figuring this one out :)

Mischa Molhoek <mischamolhoek>

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2007-12-10 meyering StatusNone Fixed
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed
    2007-10-29 rwp Attached File#14243 Removed
    2007-10-29 mischamolhoek Attached File- Added date_error.png, #14243
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