On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 04:24:12AM -0700, David Liontooth wrote: > Package: coreutils > Version: 8.5-1 > Severity: normal > > > Odd bug in date on one day within one hour: > > date -d '2010-03-13 02:00:00' +%Y-%m-%d\ %H:%M:%S > 2010-03-13 02:00:00 > > date -d '2010-03-14 01:59:59' +%Y-%m-%d\ %H:%M:%S > 2010-03-14 01:59:59 > > date -d '2010-03-14 02:00:00' +%Y-%m-%d\ %H:%M:%S > date: invalid date `2010-03-14 02:00:00' > > date -d '2010-03-14 02:59:59' +%Y-%m-%d\ %H:%M:%S > date: invalid date `2010-03-14 02:59:59' > > date -d '2010-03-14 03:00:00' +%Y-%m-%d\ %H:%M:%S > 2010-03-14 03:00:00 > > date -d '2010-03-15 02:00:00' +%Y-%m-%d\ %H:%M:%S > 2010-03-15 02:00:00 > > Error consistent on eight debian squeeze servers in LA time zone. >
Date between 2010-03-14 02:00:00 and 02:59:59 never existed in the LA time zone, as they correspond to the daylight saving time change. -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 [email protected] http://www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

