bug#13058: European date format

[Assaf Gordon]

close 13058
stop

(triaging old bugs)

On 02/12/12 02:42 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Ohad Basan wrote:
>
> > Regarding 'date' command.
> > the -d parameter doesn't know how to receive a european date format
> > e.g. DD/MM/YYYY
>
> I am assuming by "doesn't know how to receive" you mean it produces a
> different result than one you wish?  Because of course it parses it.
> It just parses it (receives it) with a different result than you
> wish.  Please give an example of the behavior you see and what you
> would like to see instead.  Did you mean this:
>
>    $ date -d '12/15/2012 12:00' '+%F %T %z'
>    2012-12-15 12:00:00 -0700

With no further comments to Bob's explanation in 6 years,
I'm closing this bug.

-assaf