date bug

[Aganan, Nicholas]

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# pkginfo -l SMCcoreu   

   PKGINST:  SMCcoreu

      NAME:  coreutils

  CATEGORY:  application

      ARCH:  x86

   VERSION:  6.4

   BASEDIR:  /usr/local

    VENDOR:  FSF

    PSTAMP:  Steve Christensen

  INSTDATE:  Apr 23 2008 11:05

     EMAIL:  address@hidden

    STATUS:  completely installed

     FILES:      209 installed pathnames

                   5 shared pathnames

                   7 directories

                  89 executables

               13643 blocks used (approx)

 

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# date 013100002008          

Thu Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2008

 

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# /usr/local/bin/date -d 'last month' '+%b'

Dec
<<<< this is good

 

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# /usr/local/bin/date -d 'last month' '+%m'

12
<<<< this is good

 

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# date 033100002008                        

Mon Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2008

 

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# /usr/local/bin/date -d 'last month' '+%b'

Mar
<<<< BUG, should be Feb

 

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# /usr/local/bin/date -d 'last month' '+%m'

03
<<<< Bug, should be 02

 

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# date 053100002008                        

Sat May 31 00:00:00 EDT 2008

 

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# /usr/local/bin/date -d 'last month' '+%b'

May
<<<< BUG, should be Apr

 

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# /usr/local/bin/date -d 'last month' '+%m'

05
<<<< BUG, should be 04

 

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# date 073100002008                        

Thu Jul 31 00:00:00 EDT 2008

 

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# /usr/local/bin/date -d 'last month' '+%b'

Jul
<<<< BUG, should be Jun

 

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# /usr/local/bin/date -d 'last month' '+%m'

07
<<<< BUG, should be 06

 

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# date 083100002008                        

Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 2008

 

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# /usr/local/bin/date -d 'last month' '+%b'

Jul
<<<< this is good

 

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# /usr/local/bin/date -d 'last month' '+%m'

07
<<<< this is good

 

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# date 103100002008                        

Fri Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2008

 

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# /usr/local/bin/date -d 'last month' '+%b'

Oct
<<<< BUG, should be Sep

 

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# /usr/local/bin/date -d 'last month' '+%m'

10
<<<< BUG, should be 09

 

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# date 123100002008                        

Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 2008

 

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# /usr/local/bin/date -d 'last month' '+%b'

Dec
<<<< BUG, should be Nov

 

[/usr/local/bin]

root @ surplus# /usr/local/bin/date -d 'last month' '+%m'

12
<<<< BUG, should be 11

 

Thanks,

 

Nicholas C. Aganan III


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