From unknown Mon Jun 23 11:26:03 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#32288 <32288@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#32288 <32288@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: date(1) Produces ISO 8601 it Won't Take Back. Reply-To: bug#32288 <32288@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 18:26:03 +0000 retitle 32288 date(1) Produces ISO 8601 it Won't Take Back. reassign 32288 coreutils submitter 32288 Ralph Corderoy severity 32288 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Jul 27 07:34:26 2018 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Jul 2018 11:34:26 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59656 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fj10r-0002bP-OB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jul 2018 07:34:25 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59629) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fj10q-0002bD-5r for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jul 2018 07:34:24 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fj10k-0002jj-5d for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jul 2018 07:34:18 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:35827) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fj10k-0002jf-1c for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jul 2018 07:34:18 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50593) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fj10i-0004Y7-WC for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jul 2018 07:34:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fj10f-0002iS-UB for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jul 2018 07:34:17 -0400 Received: from relay01.pair.com ([209.68.5.15]:52921) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fj10f-0002iL-PY for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jul 2018 07:34:13 -0400 Received: from orac.inputplus.co.uk (unknown [81.174.201.153]) by relay01.pair.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B24AD007F7 for ; Fri, 27 Jul 2018 07:34:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from orac.inputplus.co.uk (orac.inputplus.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by orac.inputplus.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC9A321994 for ; Fri, 27 Jul 2018 12:34:11 +0100 (BST) To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org From: Ralph Corderoy Subject: date(1) Produces ISO 8601 it Won't Take Back. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 12:34:11 +0100 Message-Id: <20180727113411.CC9A321994@orac.inputplus.co.uk> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.1 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.1 (-----) Hi, coreutils 8.29-1 on Arch Linux. $ date -uIs -d @-62135596801 0000-12-31T23:59:59+00:00 =20 $ date -uIs -d @0000-12-31T23:59:59+00:00 date: invalid date =E2=80=98@0000-12-31T23:59:59+00:00=E2=80=99 =20 $ If date thinks it's valid ISO 8601 when it outputs it, I'd expect it to be considered valid input to take back. Cheers, Ralph. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sun Jul 29 22:00:07 2018 Received: (at 32288-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Jul 2018 02:00:07 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34244 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fjxTj-0008K7-6q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 22:00:07 -0400 Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.68]:38184) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fjxTh-0008J2-Vz for 32288-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 22:00:06 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11D59160657; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 19:00:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id TsxxPR1yb4rR; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 18:59:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BDA6160661; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 18:59:59 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zimbra.cs.ucla.edu Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id yRH9iAujI-FB; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 18:59:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.29] (unknown [47.139.41.115]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 931FA160657; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 18:59:58 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: bug#32288: date(1) Produces ISO 8601 it Won't Take Back. To: Ralph Corderoy , 32288-done@debbugs.gnu.org References: <20180727113411.CC9A321994@orac.inputplus.co.uk> From: Paul Eggert Message-ID: <2e1ece68-a91e-6bf9-e6f8-f04433a3ded8@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 19:00:01 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20180727113411.CC9A321994@orac.inputplus.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 32288-done X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) On 07/27/2018 04:34 AM, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > $ date -uIs -d @-62135596801 > 0000-12-31T23:59:59+00:00 =20 > $ date -uIs -d @0000-12-31T23:59:59+00:00 > date: invalid date =E2=80=98@0000-12-31T23:59:59+00:00=E2=80=99 = =20 > $ > > If date thinks it's valid ISO 8601 when it outputs it, > I'd expect it to be considered valid input to take back. As it would have, if you had actually given back exactly what you gave it. But you prepended '@'. From unknown Mon Jun 23 11:26:03 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 11:24:06 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator