Summary:
The "date" program from gnu sh-utils on RedHat linux reports the
middle european daylight saving time as "CEST", but doesn't accept
this time zone itself. Manual says it should. Alternative notations
("CET DST", "MEST", "MESZ") all work.
Version:
~$ date --version
date (GNU sh-utils) 2.0
Written by David MacKenzie.
~$ rpm -qif `which date`
Name : sh-utils Relocations: (not relocateable)
Version : 2.0 Vendor: Red Hat Software
Release : 1 Build Date: Wed Aug 18 04:31:51
1999Install date: Wed Mar 1 18:31:13 2000 Build Host: porky.devel.redhat.com
Group : System Environment/Shells Source RPM: sh-utils-2.0-1.src.rpm
Size : 408141 License: GPL
Packager : Red Hat Software <http://developer.redhat.com/bugzilla>
Summary : A set of GNU utilities commonly used in shell scripts.
Description :
The GNU shell utilities are a set of useful system utilities which
are often used in shell scripts. The sh-utils package includes
...
Reproduce by:
~$ date -d 'Tue Mar 28 15:46:23 MET DST 2000'
Tue Mar 28 15:46:23 CEST 2000
~$ date -d 'Tue Mar 28 15:46:23 CEST 2000'
date: invalid date `Tue Mar 28 15:46:23 CEST 2000'
Best Regards
Jan Iven
