Philip Rowlands wrote: >> This fails for a different reason; the format is incorrect unless >> using the -u flag. This really isn't obvious from the documentation, >> and may be a bug; the only thing -u is supposed to do is provide an >> implicit TZ=UTC0 environment variable. > > Not a bug; I misunderstood the date-setting syntax, which is (from the > manpage) > > date MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]] > or > date --set=DATESTR > > Both of these can take a --utc flag, but the first syntax is much more > rigid, whereas the second can utilize relative terms etc.
Yeah, no problem... aside from the date syntax, it was a bug in the kernel. Actually setting the date once with -u or -s works (if done right), but the kernel takes a long time (up to (a few) minutes) to update it's date. 2.6.23+ seems to be ok. Thank you, Regards, Clemens Koller -- R&D Imaging Devices Anagramm GmbH Rupert-Mayer-Straße 45/1 Linhof Werksgelände D-81379 München Tel.089-741518-50 Fax 089-741518-19 http://www.anagramm-technology.com _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
