GNU bug report logs - #18328
date: '8pm -0500' is invalid (am/pm problem)

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:02:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: can't say date -d '8pm -0500' though other combos work
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 00:01:16 +0800

$ date -d '8pm -0500'
date: invalid date ‘8pm -0500’ <--why can't this combo work?
$ date -d '20:00 -0500'
二  8月 26 09:00:00 CST 2014
$ date -d 'sun 8pm'
日  8月 31 20:00:00 CST 2014
$ date -d '8pm'
一  8月 25 20:00:00 CST 2014
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