bug#8782: date command

[Jim Meyering]

Voelker, Bernhard wrote:
...
>> We can't change the fact that the spring DST transition
>> introduces a one-hour hole containing invalid times.
>> Whenever we tell "date" to use a time in such a hole,
>> date must diagnose it as invalid.
>
> `date` is still a tool, so I feel it should reflect daily life
> ... I I don't feel I have a 1h gap in spring, do you? ;-)

I do notice it when I have one hour more or less to sleep.

I'd say that this tool does reflect daily life.  With date you have to
be careful about the DST transitions, just as you have to adjust clocks
twice a year.