Re: suggested feautre: "date --debug" - print date parsing diagnostics

[Pádraig Brady]

On 11/02/16 18:43, Assaf Gordon wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Attached updated patch with fixes and gettext support.
> 
> An example:
> 
>     $  TZ=America/Belize ./src/date --debug \
>                   -d 'TZ="Asia/Tokyo" Sun, 90-12-11 + 3 days - 90 minutes' 
>     date: parsed day part: Sun (day ordinal=0 number=0)
>     date: parsed date part: (Y-M-D) 0090-12-11 
>     date: parsed relative part: +3 day(s) 
>     date: parsed relative part: +3 day(s) -90 minutes 
>     date: input timezone: +09:00 (set from TZ="Asia/Tokyo" in date string)
>     date: warning: adjusting year value 90 to 1990
>     date: warning: using midnight as starting time: 00:00:00
>     date: warning: day (Sun) ignored when explicit dates are given
>     date: starting date/time: '(Y-M-D) 1990-12-11 00:00:00 TZ=+09:00'
>     date: warning: when adding relative days, it is recommended to specify 
> 12:00pm
>     date: after date adjustment (+0 years, +0 months, +3 days),
>     date:     new date/time = '(Y-M-D) 1990-12-14 00:00:00 TZ=+09:00'
>     date: '(Y-M-D) 1990-12-14 00:00:00 TZ=+09:00' = 661100400 epoch-seconds
>     date: after time adjustment (+0 hours, -90 minutes, +0 seconds, +0 ns),
>     date:     new time = 661095000 epoch-seconds
>     date: output timezone: -06:00 (set from TZ="America/Belize" environment 
> value)
>     date: final: 661095000.000000000 (epoch-seconds)
>     date: final: (Y-M-D) 1990-12-13 13:30:00 (UTC0)
>     date: final: (Y-M-D) 1990-12-13 07:30:00 (output timezone TZ=-06:00)
>     Thu Dec 13 07:30:00 CST 1990


+1 if you add at least the above as a test ;)

thanks!
Pádraig.