Hello, To convert a date into the full ISO-8601 format one can do this:
$ date --iso-8601=seconds --date "sun oct 1 5:45:02PM" It will correctly returns: 2006-10-01T17:45:02+0200 But when we want to convert a ISO-8601 formated date into a man readable format: $ date --date "2006-10-01T17:45:02" Returns: Sun Oct 1 12:45:02 CEST 2006 $ date --date "2006-10-01T17:45:02+0200" Returns date: invalid date `2006-10-01T17:45:02+0200' Obviously, the full ISO-8601 format is not accepted as date input format. Any work around? date --version --> (coreutils) 5.2.1 _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils