ucf has this one call that uses the "--date" parameter:
./ucf: moddate="$(date +"%F %T" --date "$(stat --format '@%Y'
"$1")")"
Two things came to mind:
a) that stat() was empty, or the $1 file doesn't exist. But we then get
different errors:
$ date +"%F %T" --date
error: a value is required for '--date <STRING>' but none was supplied
For more information, try '--help'.
$ date +"%F %T" --date "$(stat --format '@%Y' ".bashr")"
stat: cannot stat '.bashr': No such file or directory (os error 2)
2026-03-09 15:00:11
b) difference between gnudate and rust-date:
$ gnudate +"%F %T" --date
gnudate: option '--date' requires an argument
Try 'gnudate --help' for more information.
andreas@nsnx2:~$
$ gnudate +"%F %T" --date "$(stat --format '@%Y' ".bashr")"
stat: cannot stat '.bashr': No such file or directory (os error 2)
2026-03-09 00:00:00
Also not the case.
But so we can start somewhere, what does your date command point at?
Run:
$ ls -la $(which date)
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Sep 26 15:16 /usr/bin/date ->
../lib/cargo/bin/coreutils/date
** Summary changed:
- package samba-common 2:4.23.4+dfsg-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:
installed samba-common package post-installation script subprocess returned
error exit status 1
+ date: extra operand `--date`
** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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