I should have stated a more specific version number.
> Where in the man pages does it say that?
http://aolserver.com/docs/tcl/tcl8.3/TclCmd/clock.htm
"The acceptable formats are mm/dd?/yy?, monthname dd ?, yy?, dd
monthname ?yy?, day, dd monthname yy, ?CC?yymmdd, ?CC?yy-mm-dd,
dd-monthname-?CC?yy."
> I pasted the relevant
> portion of the manpage to the mailing list, and it didn't ever
> mention the format yyyymmdd being valid.
I assumed that was a Tcl 7 man page. I suppose it could have been a Tcl
8.2 man page.
> As proof, Tcl 8.2 doesn't
> actually accept it:
>
> $ tclsh
> % puts $tcl_version
> 8.2
> % clock scan 20010429
> unable to convert date-time string "20010429"
:; tclsh
% puts $tcl_version
8.3
% clock scan 20010429
988520400
nsd8x uses Tcl 8.3.2.
