Subject: Re: bug#10182: Century bug in date utility?

From: Krzysztof Kowalski <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:54:33 +0100

W dniu 2011-12-01 19:53, Eric Blake pisze:
> On 12/01/2011 11:45 AM, Krzysztof Kowalski wrote:
>>
>> OK, thank you for answer, but it still isn't logical,
>
> What's not logical, that %C follows POSIX?
>
>> century is century by common sense,
>> if there's 21st century right now 21 should be returned.
>
> Maybe the confusion is coming from the fact that 'date --help' mentions
> the word "century" as a mnemonic for %C, even though the POSIX wording
> for %C specifically avoids "century" because %C is _not_ a century in
> the vernacular usage. Would a patch to the 'date --help' wording
> alleviate your concerns? If so, could you propose better wording for
> what 'date --help' should say for %C that is still concise and accurate,
> but does not mention a misleading mnemonic?
>
That would make sense ;),
I can patch it.

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