-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Philip Zimmerman (phzimmer) on 3/12/2009 9:10 AM: > Hello,
Hello Philip, > > I've noticed a behavior of the 'date' utility as a result of the DST > change-over, and was wondering whether this is "expected behavior" or whether > this is a problem, so I'm inquiring whether anyone else has noticed this. Yes. In fact, so many people have noticed it that it is a FAQ: http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#The-date-command-is-not-working-right_002e The issue at hand is that you are dealing with a 23 (or 25) hour day, so calculations that add or subtract 24 hours will inherently put you 2 calendar days away. It is not a bug, merely a misunderstanding of how the tool works. And changing the behavior to fit your desired needs will break someone else who has grown accustomed to the current behavior. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake e...@byu.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkm5rUMACgkQ84KuGfSFAYAVxwCfSfogZTyfOSu9LW5t0jgOipzS I+wAoLBabKEcgDm/Bb1RrZ0zbidrRX+u =OD53 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
