Package: coreutils Version: 8.5-1 File: /bin/date X-debbugs-cc: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
for i in Asia/Taipei America/Chicago America/New_York Europe/Paris do for j in monday now yesterday today tomorrow 12pm do echo TZ=\"$i\" $j; done; done|date -f - gives date: invalid date `TZ="America/Chicago" now' etc. ONLY when in America, and ONLY when using now etc. Monday etc. don't trigger the bug. By the way, America is undergoing a Daylight Savings Time jump right about now.