** Description changed: Ubuntu 25.10 Questing came with this rust coreutils "date" command version: $ date -V date (uutils coreutils) 0.2.2 Problem is that the command "date -r file", that will return the last modification time of the given file, is returning a wrong date, in fact, is returning the current date: Example given, this file "/usr/bin/bash": -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1608840 Sep 8 15:20 /usr/bin/bash* The command "date -r /usr/bin/bash" correct return will be: Mon Sep 8 15:20:42 CEST 2025 But instead of that rust coreutils returns the current date: $ /usr/bin/date -r /usr/bin/bash Thu Oct 16 10:18:41 CEST 2025 The gnu coreutils works as expected and returns the last modification - date of the file given: + date of the given file: $ /usr/bin/gnudate -r /usr/bin/bash Mon Sep 8 15:20:42 CEST 2025 IMHO this is a very urgent to fix bug. We've noticed it because a couple - of our monitor script started to act weird triggering date warnings for + of our monitor scripts started to act weird triggering date warnings for files that were untouched.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2127970 Title: [Ubuntu 25.10 Questing] rust coreutils "date -r file" returns a wrong date To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coreutils-from/+bug/2127970/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
