[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#6236: closed (Bug report in Date Command)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Bug report in Date Command Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 10:07:49 +0800

Dear David,

 

When I input the comman ‘date "+%Y%m%d" -d "1986-05-04 1 day"’ to get the next day of ‘1986-05-04’, I get the result as below.

Maybe it is a bug of Date command , Please help to find it, Thanks.

 

Regards,

 

 Lijian 65631
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> Mon, 7 Jun 2010 17:37:06 -0600
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> Eric Blake wrote:
> > This is a mailing list frequented by lots of readers.  I'm not David,
> > but I can reply.
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> By coincidence I am not David either.  But will respond too anyway. :-)
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> > lijian 65631 wrote:
> > > When I input the comman 'date "+%Y%m%d" -d "1986-05-04 1 day"' to get the
> > > next day of '1986-05-04', I get the result as below.
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> > > Maybe it is a bug of Date command , Please help to find it, Thanks.
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> > Thanks for the report.  However, it is most likely the only bug here is
> > your understanding of how date operates around daylight savings events:
> > http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#The-date-command-is-not-working-right_002e
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> I am confident that this is related to daylight savings time and that
> it is answered in the FAQ.  Not having seen any activity on this issue
> for a while I am going to close it in the bug tracking system.  Please
> feel free to follow up if it has not answered your questions and the
> group will see and read your message and the bug tracker will keep
> track of it for us.
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> Bob
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