[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#7331: closed (Date command bug)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Date command bug Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 19:39:36 -0400 Hi, 

I believe I have come across a small bug in the date command when daylight savings time is in the process of being run.

Example:

    date --set "7 NOV 2010"

 -->Sun Nov  7 00:00:01 EDT 2010

    date --date="+1 day"

-->Sun Nov  7 23:00:40 EST 2010

It would appear in Eastern time zone case there is a small 2 hour window of error here whereby the date command has set the zone before it is actually supposed to be set. I have seen this with all time zone shifts. Noticed first last weekend when BST went to GMT.

Could be a known bug.. if so, sorry to trouble you guys.

Best Regards,

Ray

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> Raymond Pete wrote:
> > Thanks for the info Bob :-) I figured I missed something here.
> > I see running my jobs just after midnight is probably not best.
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> I like running those types of calculations either at 12 noon or using
> UTC.  Then the DST issues are avoided.
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> I also like using the 'date -R' format since it is RFC standard (used
> in email and news) and unambiguous about timezones.  Otherwise I like
> using "%F %T %z" for being compact, unambiguous, and sorts nicely.
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> I will go ahead and close the bug with this email then.
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> > Appreciate all the work you guys do!
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> The team enjoys hearing those nice words.  :-)
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> Bob
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