Public bug reported:
On Ubuntu 26.04 (tested on the latest lxc image as of today), date seems
to require +%F to be last argument provided.
ubuntu@res-datetest:~$ date +%F --utc
date: extra operand '--utc'
ubuntu@res-datetest:~$ date +%F -d '2000-10-01'
date: extra operand '-d'
While this is in line with what the date man page states, the date
behavior in Ubuntu Resolute breaks what was previously working.
The +%F argument could be placed anywhere in the argument list, even on
25.10:
ubuntu@que-datetest:~$ grep PRETTY /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 25.10"
ubuntu@que-datetest:~$ date +%F --utc
2026-02-24
ubuntu@que-datetest:~$ date +%F -d '2000-10-01'
2000-10-01
mario@MP52 ~> grep PRETTY /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS"
mario@MP52 ~> date +%F --utc
2026-02-24
mario@MP52 ~> date +%F -d '2000-10-01'
2000-10-01
mario@enchilada:~$ grep PRETTY /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS"
mario@enchilada:~$ date +%F --utc
2026-02-24
mario@enchilada:~$ date +%F -d '2000-10-01'
2000-10-01
mario@enchilada:~$
(I know this one is super obsolete; I just wanted to show how date behaved for
a VERY long time.)
mario@pic:~$ grep PRETTY /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS"
mario@pic:~$ date +%F --utc
2026-02-24
mario@pic:~$ date +%F -d '2000-10-01'
2000-10-01
** Affects: rust-coreutils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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date complains if +%F is not the last argument
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