On 28/10/2025 08:10, Bruno Haible via GNU coreutils General Discussion wrote:
The test tests/date/resolution, that was added last week in commit
1dabab70273f64cda228d244f9e262a3f77ef087, fails on macOS (13..26).
Oops, I misunderstood the format of date --resolution.
I pushed the following, which should fix this.
cheers,
Padraig
diff --git a/tests/date/resolution.sh b/tests/date/resolution.sh
index 730983dc9..4fbf4501f 100755
--- a/tests/date/resolution.sh
+++ b/tests/date/resolution.sh
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@
. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
print_ver_ date
-# Ensure --resolution is supported
+# Ensure --resolution is supported (prints to full nano second resolution)
res=$(date --resolution) || fail=1
-# Ensure %-N format is supported
-subsec1=$(printf "%s" "$res" | cut -d. -f2- | wc -c) || framework_failure_
+# Ensure %-N format is supported (prints to most concise resolution)
+subsec1=$(printf '%s\n' "$res" | sed 's/.*\.//; s/0*$//' | wc -c) ||
+ framework_failure_
subsec2=$(date +%-N | wc -c) || framework_failure_
test "$subsec1" = "$subsec2" || fail=1
