GNU bug report logs - #34608
date +%+4C is unimplemented, contrary to POSIX

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 17:11:02 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: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Cc: 34608 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34608: date +%+4C is unimplemented, contrary to POSIX
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 20:01:21 -0800

Eric Blake wrote:
> That used to be true, but now POSIX wants date to behave as if it uses
> strftime:
> 
> http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=466

Ah, I didn't know that. Is there a list of recent changes to the POSIX spec for 
strftime somewhere? I can look to see which of them have made their way into 
Gnulib nstrftime.
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