Dan Jacobson <[email protected]> writes: >> $ date --debug -d '01/30/2026 02:00 PM ET' > date: warning: value 1 has less than 4 digits. Assuming MM/DD/YY[YY] > > What does it mean "value 1" ? > > Don't tell me. Just make the error message clearer please. > > And I don't see anything with less than four digits, unless you want four > digit days and months...
It is refering to the month "01" at the start of the given date string. Some countries use YYYY/MM/DD for dates [1]. Collin [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_date_formats_by_country
