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Re: Antw: Re: bug#20199: Enhancement request for date's "-d" option: dif


From: Pádraig Brady
Subject: Re: Antw: Re: bug#20199: Enhancement request for date's "-d" option: different epochs
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:00:09 +0000
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On 25/03/15 13:44, Ulrich Windl wrote:
>>>> Pádraig Brady<address@hidden> schrieb am 25.03.2015 um 14:16 in
> Nachricht
> <address@hidden>:
> 
> [...]
>> Actually we can use date's relative date support for this:
>>
>>   $ date -d '1900-01-01 +1234567890 seconds'
>>   Tue Feb 14 23:56:51 GMT 1939
> 
> Yes, if date is new enough (coreutils-8.12). Otherwise (coreutils-5.93) you
> get:
> # date -d '1900-01-01 +1234567890 seconds'
> date: invalid date `1900-01-01 +1234567890 seconds'

Can you try without the + on that older version?

cheers,
Pádraig.



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