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Re: date calculation problem
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Eric Blake |
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Re: date calculation problem |
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Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:45:15 -0700 |
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According to address@hidden on 12/28/2006 6:20 PM:
> Hi
> I have a Red Hat ES4 server. I ran the following date command on 29
> December 2006 to obtain the month number for 10 months ago.
> Result should be 02 (Feb) but I got 03 (March)
Thanks for the report. However, this is not a bug. There is no Feb 29
2006, so the date calculation settled on Mar 1 2006 instead. That's why
the documentation recommends performing month-based calculations centered
around the middle of a month (also around the middle of a day, to minimize
daylight savings issues, which have similar discontinuities).
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Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake address@hidden
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