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date --utc adds 24 hours
From: |
Craig Lawson |
Subject: |
date --utc adds 24 hours |
Date: |
Sun, 26 Feb 2006 21:20:11 -0800 |
Bug: date --utc adds 24 hours
# date --version
date (coreutils) 5.2.1
(my distribution is Gentoo 2006.0)
# date +'%z %Z'
-0800 PST
# date --date='2:50 am PST'
Sun Feb 26 02:50:00 PST 2006
# date --utc --date='2:50 am PST'
Mon Feb 27 10:50:00 UTC 2006
PST is 8 hours ahead of UTC, so the second result should show "Feb 26".
Instead, date added 32 hours! Yet give date the full date/time, and it
works correctly:
# date --utc --date='Sun Feb 26 02:50:00 PST 2006'
Sun Feb 26 10:50:00 UTC 2006
Best Regards,
Craig.
- date --utc adds 24 hours,
Craig Lawson <=