GNU bug report logs - #40586
date and '%-N' does not appear to remove leading zeros anymore, but trailing zeros.

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Drake Jacovian <gnu.org <at> infernalbeast.com>

Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 22:08:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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Message #11 received at 40586 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: joerg.boehmer <at> snafu.de
To: 40586 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40586: date and '%-N' does not appear to remove leading zeros
 anymore, but trailing zeros.
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 18:48:11 +0200

> %-N is intended to be used after a decimal point...

Please note this intention in the man-page. The current man-page:

%N     nanoseconds (000000000..999999999)

The current description gives the impression that nanoseconds are an 
integral quantity like seconds and minutes. This leads the user to 
assume that leading zeros are being removed.
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