This is independent of locale. The get_date function simply treats xx/yy as US format according to "info date".
Erez D wrote: > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Chaim Keren-Tzion <ch...@intercomp.co.il> > wrote: > >> $ date -d 'Mon 11/9 2:25 AM' >> Mon Nov 9 02:25:00 IST 2009 >> > > > yes, that what i want, but that's not what i get. > it thinks the 11/9 is september 11, instead of november 9 (i.e. 11/9 > vs 9/11 format) > what is your locale ? > > thanks, > erez. > >> Chaim >> >> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:34 AM, Erez D <erez0...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> # date -d 'Mon 9/11 2:25 AM' >>> Fri Sep 11 02:25:00 IDT 2009 >>> >>> but i want it to return: >>> Mon Nov 9 02:25:00 IDT 2009 >>> >>> i tried setting LC_TIME but this didn't help. >>> >>> any idea ? >>> >>> cheers. >>> erez. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Linux-il mailing list >>> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >>> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > -- Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh http://www.total-knowledge.com _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il