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

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Message #8 received at 40586 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Drake Jacovian <gnu.org <at> infernalbeast.com>
Cc: 40586 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40586: date and '%-N' does not appear to remove leading zeros
 anymore, but trailing zeros.
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 16:15:09 -0700

On 4/12/20 1:51 PM, Drake Jacovian wrote:
> Obviously, removing trailing zeroes will changes it value.

%-N is intended to be used after a decimal point, so removing trailing zeros 
does not change its value in its intended use.

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