GNU bug report logs - #32288
date(1) Produces ISO 8601 it Won't Take Back.

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Ralph Corderoy <ralph <at> inputplus.co.uk>

Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 11:35:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Ralph Corderoy <ralph <at> inputplus.co.uk>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: date(1) Produces ISO 8601 it Won't Take Back.
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 12:34:11 +0100

Hi,

coreutils 8.29-1 on Arch Linux.

    $ date -uIs -d @-62135596801
    0000-12-31T23:59:59+00:00                           
    $ date -uIs -d @0000-12-31T23:59:59+00:00
    date: invalid date ‘@0000-12-31T23:59:59+00:00’     
    $

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.
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