Hello, as i really can't believe that it looks like a bug:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ date -d "01/01/1830" +"%s" date: invalid date `01/01/1830' that's ok, but > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ date -d "01/01/1902" +"%s" -2145920400 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ date -d "01/01/1901" +"%s" -2147483648 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ date -d "01/01/1900" +"%s" -2147483648 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ date -d "01/01/1900" Fri Dec 13 21:45:52 CET 1901 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ date -d "01/01/1902" Wed Jan 1 00:00:00 CET 1902 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ date -d "01/01/1901" Fri Dec 13 21:45:52 CET 1901 date should report "invalid date" much sooner ... thank you for things you do :) david --- tel.: +420 777277365 PRO-ZETA Praha spol. s r.o. Mukarovska 1567/25 100 00 Praha 10 Czech Republic ICO: 15891585 _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils