bug#35289: closed (Re: bug#35289: date+%-Y -d "- N years" errors when N > 111)

[O. Emmerson]

On 15/04/2019 17:02, GNU bug Tracking System wrote:
> It works for me with coreutils 8.31 on RHEL 7 x86-64:
>
> $ date +%-Y -d "- 2010 years"
> 9
>
> Most likely you are running on a 32-bit machine, and dates in the year 9
> cannot be represented in a 32-bit timestamp. So a simple fix would be
> for you to switch to a 64-bit machine.

I am running a 64bit version of Ubuntu.
Anyway, as I said, I have been running this command successfully for
years until now.

Here is the full system info from reportbug copied from by original bug
on Ubuntu's tracker:

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: coreutils 8.30-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-11.12-generic 5.0.6
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr 14 10:59:36 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-08 (553 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20170215.2)
SourcePackage: coreutils
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-04-13 (1 days ago)