"date" not validating correctly

[ianseeks]

Hi,

I have been unable to change date on my SuSE 8.2 system.  I've tried using the 
KDE utilities and they did not work so i tried "date --set 081313012003" on 
the command line and got this error  "date: invalid date `081321532003'.  I 
am in the UK using the UK date format.  Also note the different quote marks 
on the error message.

The version of date is :

date --version
date (coreutils) 4.5.8
Written by David MacKenzie.

Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


I hope this is some use, and i'm not going mad.  :o)

regards

Ian