On 08/23/2010 02:59 PM, Alan Curry wrote:
date: invalid date `4/14/1991'
which is a lie. 4/14/1991 is not an invalid date.
It is an invalid date, under the assumption
that dates without times refer to the time 00:00:00
on that date. This assumption has been in the software
for ages, and explains, for example, why
"date -d '2010-01-01 25 hours'" reports 01:00 the
next day. No doubt this could all be better documented,
but there's nothing unreasonable per se about the
assumption.
> Bonus thought: the "date" command is misnamed.
"time" was taken. At this late date (:-) it's not
likely that the names will be changed.
