[bug #21455] date --date "" "+test" fails ONLY WITHIN CERTAIN TIME PERIOD #$%^%

[Mischa Molhoek]

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #21455 (project coreutils):

ok, here is the text version, because the image is remove by accident  :)

[titan: mischa] ~> date --version
date (GNU coreutils) 5.97
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by David MacKenzie.
[titan: mischa] ~> date --date "" "+test"
test

[titan: mischa] ~> sudo date -s "Sun Oct 28 22:00:53 CET 2007"
Sun Oct 28 22:00:53 CET 2007

[titan: mischa] ~> date --date "" "+test"
date: invalid date `'

[titan: mischa] ~> sudo rdate -s ntp.xs4all.nl

[titan: mischa] ~> date
Mon Oct 29 12:08:41 CET 2007

[titan: mischa] ~> date --date "" "+test"
test



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