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bug#72023: feature request for date(1): strptime-style format string whe


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: bug#72023: feature request for date(1): strptime-style format string when you don't want date to guess
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:44:52 +0200
User-agent: Mozilla Thunderbird

I'm dubious. I've never had much luck with strptime, as in practice it has its own glitches that are even worse than what 'date' currently uses. For example, it's dicey in non-C locales, and it mishandles time zones and daylight saving transitions even in the C locale.

That being said, if someone can write the code and documentation and test cases it might be a good thing to have - particularly if some other 'date' implementation is already doing that sort of thing and people have had good experience with it.





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