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date(1) Produces ISO 8601 it Won't Take Back.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Ralph Corderoy <ralph <at> inputplus.co.uk>
Subject: bug#32288: closed (Re: bug#32288: date(1) Produces ISO 8601 it
 Won't Take Back.)
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 02:01:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#32288: date(1) Produces ISO 8601 it Won't Take Back.

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 32288 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Ralph Corderoy <ralph <at> inputplus.co.uk>, 32288-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32288: date(1) Produces ISO 8601 it Won't Take Back.
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 19:00:01 -0700

On 07/27/2018 04:34 AM, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
>     $ 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.

As it would have, if you had actually given back exactly what you gave
it. But you prepended '@'.

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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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