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Century bug in date utility?

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Krzysztof Kowalski <krzysztof7kowalski <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 10182-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10182: Century bug in date utility?
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:53:11 -0700

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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?

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Eric Blake   eblake <at> redhat.com    +1-919-301-3266
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