Same results here.
Perhaps a bug in Date.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
Of David A. Case
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 10:38 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: problems with the "%h" flag to the "date" command
Several of my scripts are failing because "date" doesn't seem to properly
recognize the "%h" flag. According to the docs:
% man date
NAME
date - print or set the system date and time
..
%b locale's abbreviated month name (Jan..Dec)
..
%h same as %b
..
But here is my experience:
% date +%d%b%y
14Jan03
% date +%d%h%y
1403
The "%h" argument works as advertised on RedHat Linux, and on several
Unices. So, this has the earmarks of a cygwin-specific problem.
I could not find any mention of this at the FAQ or mailing lists. My
cygwin installation (Windows XP Pro) is no more than a few days old
(cygcheck output attached...)
There is an obvious work-around, but not one that I can see that avoids
propagating changes (%h -> %b) back to Unix origins of a reasonably large
number of scripts.
..thanks!...dave case
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