On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Dameon G. Rogers wrote:
Bug-coreutils,
I would like to report a problem with the *date* command:
date +%C
does not function properly. It says it displays the current
century but the/ definition /of century means that we are in the 21st
not the 20th.
The documentation does not state that %C is the ordinal century; in the
manpage/--help output, we see:
%C century; like %Y, except omit last two digits (e.g., 21)
%Y year
and from the info documentation:
`%C'
century. This is like `%Y', except the last two digits are
omitted. For example, it is `20' if `%Y' is `2000', and is `-0'
if `%Y' is `-001'. It is normally at least two characters, but it
may be more.
Either the command needs to be changed or the man page needs to be
changed to express what the command actually does. Any assistance
would be appreciated.
I agree that until 2100, it would be better if the manpage gave "20" as
the example, or no example at all, but the wording is strictly correct.
Cheers,
Phil
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