[debbugs-tracker] bug#6642: closed (Date manipulation is not working after patching our Centos 4.8 server)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Date manipulation is not working after patching our Centos 4.8 server Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:26:38 -0700

vhost01.dca.int: ~ % /usr/local/gnu/bin/date --date "7 days + 11-jul-2010"
/usr/local/gnu/bin/date: invalid date `7 days + 11-jul-2010'

However it works fine on our other server that we have not patched yet.

vhost01.vgs.int: ~ % % /usr/local/gnu/bin/date  --date "7 days + 11-jul-2010"
Sun Jul 18 00:00:00 PDT 2010

Juan Sandoval
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"ACK and you shall receive."

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> It has been a year in the bug tracker system without any response.  So
> I am assuming the issue is no longer relevant.  Closing the bug.
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> Bob
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> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Sandoval, Juan wrote:
> > > vhost01.dca.int: ~ % /usr/local/gnu/bin/date --date "7 days + 11-jul-2010"
> > > /usr/local/gnu/bin/date: invalid date `7 days + 11-jul-2010'
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> > Thank you for the report.  Often here I might say something to the
> > effect that I can't recreate the problem.  But in this case I can't
> > recreate the success!  As far as I know that isn't the accepted
> > syntax.  It should be the other way around.  This would work for
> > example.
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> >   date --date "11-jul-2010 + 7 days"
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> > > However it works fine on our other server that we have not patched yet.
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> > > vhost01.vgs.int: ~ % % /usr/local/gnu/bin/date  --date "7 days + 
> > > 11-jul-2010"
> > > Sun Jul 18 00:00:00 PDT 2010
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> > Who am I to dispute an example such as that!
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> > What are the versions of those two different date commands?
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> >   /usr/local/gnu/bin/date --version
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> > Is this a version of the coreutils that you compiled yourself or from
> > some other source?  GNU is all about the source.
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> > Thanks
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> > Bob
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