GNU bug report logs - #41106
date --date '20180325 02:58:00' fails

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Julien Demaria <julien.demaria <at> acri-st.fr>

Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 08:47:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Julien Demaria <julien.demaria <at> acri-st.fr>
To: "bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org" <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: RE:date --date '20180325 02:58:00' fails
Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 08:04:41 +0000

Sorry I just found the reason in the FAQ... :-(
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#The-date-command-is-not-working-right_002e
I am in local daylight saving time change case.

Thanks

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De : Julien Demaria
Envoyé : mercredi 6 mai 2020 09:59
À : bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Objet : date --date '20180325 02:58:00' fails

Hi,

We found this very suspect behavior:

$ date --date '20180325 02:58:00'
date: invalid date `20180325 02:58:00'

but for the previous day it works...:

$ date --date '20180323 02:58:00'
Fri Mar 23 02:58:00 CET 2018

Is it a bug?

Adding -u or setting TZ seems a workaround.

Tested with version 8.28 on Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
and also with version 8.13 on Debian GNU/Linux 7

Thanks in advance,
Julien
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