Bug#695005: date: invalid date '1954-05-23'

2012-12-04 Thread Andras Korn
On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 04:32:32AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > $ zdump -v Europe/Budapest | grep 1954 Useful command, thanks. > > date(1)'s behaviour may in fact be correct, but the error message is > > confusing, > > as obviously 1954 did have a May 23 even in Central Europe. :) Maybe > > the

Bug#695005: date: invalid date '1954-05-23'

2012-12-03 Thread Bob Proulx
Andras Korn wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > What is your timezone? > > Europe/Budapest. > > Apparently May 23 1954 was the date something about DST was changed in CET. $ TZ=Europe/Budapest date -R -d '1954-05-23' date: invalid date ‘1954-05-23’ Yes. For 1954 here is when they changed: $

Bug#695005: date: invalid date '1954-05-23'

2012-12-03 Thread Andras Korn
On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 02:44:17AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: Hi, > > date -d "May 23 1954" and date -d 1954-05-23 both fail in all versions of > > coreutils 8.x I could try. May 22 and May 24 are OK. Coreutils 7.1 doesn't > > barf on May 23 either. > > Thank you for the report. However I was una

Bug#695005: date: invalid date '1954-05-23'

2012-12-03 Thread Bob Proulx
Andras Korn wrote: > date -d "May 23 1954" and date -d 1954-05-23 both fail in all versions of > coreutils 8.x I could try. May 22 and May 24 are OK. Coreutils 7.1 doesn't > barf on May 23 either. Thank you for the report. However I was unable to reproduce this issue. Could you say a little more

Bug#695005: date: invalid date '1954-05-23'

2012-12-03 Thread Andras Korn
Package: coreutils Version: 8.20-1 Severity: normal Hi, date -d "May 23 1954" and date -d 1954-05-23 both fail in all versions of coreutils 8.x I could try. May 22 and May 24 are OK. Coreutils 7.1 doesn't barf on May 23 either. Best regards, -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid A