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bug#7866: Problem with date +%s -d
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Arvizu, Bob (CONT) |
Subject: |
bug#7866: Problem with date +%s -d |
Date: |
Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:13:02 -0500 |
Thanks, Eric!! That's it!!
I didn't daylight savings boundary!!
Thanks,
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Blake [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 3:02 PM
To: Arvizu, Bob (CONT)
Cc: address@hidden; Barrar, John; Sheth, Amit (CONT)
Subject: Re: bug#7866: Problem with date +%s -d
On 01/19/2011 11:51 AM, Arvizu, Bob (CONT) wrote:
> Folks,
>
> fyi ...
> I've discovered a problem with the "date +%s -d Date" command on Linux
> xxxxxx 2.6.9-89.0.23.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Mar 5 17:56:21 EST 2010 i686
> i686 i386 GNU/Linux and Linux yyyyyy 2.6.9-89.0.28.ELlargesmp #1 SMP
> Thu Jul 22 18:24:58 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> date +%s -d 20110313
> 1299992400
> date +%s -d 20110314
> 1300075200
> echo $(( 1300075200 - 1299992400 ))
> 82800
You haven't stated what the problem is that you found, though. I'm afraid I
don't see any bug in what you posted.
My guess is that you are complaining that the difference is one of 23 hours
instead of the usual 24, but that's expected according to your TZ settings,
when you cross a daylight savings boundary.
If you want your calculations to be independent of daylight savings issues,
then force the time zone:
$ date +%s -d 20110313 -u
1299974400
$ date +%s -d 20110314 -u
1300060800
$ echo $(( 1300060800 - 1299974400 ))
86400
See also the FAQ:
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#The-date-command-is-not-working-right_002e
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