Your bug report #11866: date doesn't accept 61-sec. minutes which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 11866@debbugs.gnu.org. -- 11866: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=11866 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems