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bug#34608: date +%+4C is unimplemented, contrary to POSIX
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Eric Blake |
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bug#34608: date +%+4C is unimplemented, contrary to POSIX |
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Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:40:18 -0600 |
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On 2/21/19 9:37 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Eric Blake wrote:
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>> date -d 0001-01-01 +.%+4C.
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>> should produce ".+000.", but currently it produces ".%+4C." because the
>> + flag is unimplemented.
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>> See also http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1184
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> Surely this bug should be reported against strftime, not against 'date'.
> POSIX does require that strftime behave that way, but it does not place
> a similar requirement on 'date'.
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That used to be true, but now POSIX wants date to behave as if it uses
strftime:
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=466
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