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Re: date bug report: %G gives incorrect year
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Andreas Schwab |
Subject: |
Re: date bug report: %G gives incorrect year |
Date: |
Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:36:44 +0100 |
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"matt smiglarski" <address@hidden> writes:
> The following shows how the year is not rolled back.
>
> # date
> Wed Jan 2 12:12:23 GMT 2008
> # date --date '2 days ago' +'%G-%m-%d %k:%M:%S'
> 2008-12-31 12:12:53
RTFM.
`%G'
year corresponding to the ISO week number. This has the same
format and value as `%Y', except that if the ISO week number (see
`%V') belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used
instead. It is normally useful only if `%V' is also used; for
example, the format `%G-%m-%d' is probably a mistake, since it
combines the ISO week number year with the conventional month and
day. This is a GNU extension.
Andreas.
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