From unknown Tue Aug 19 05:10:59 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#41480 <41480@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#41480 <41480@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: Chars out of order in date.c string Reply-To: bug#41480 <41480@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:10:59 +0000 retitle 41480 Chars out of order in date.c string reassign 41480 coreutils submitter 41480 Anders Jonsson severity 41480 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat May 23 07:41:58 2020 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 May 2020 11:41:58 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33533 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jcSXN-0001fZ-Nu for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 23 May 2020 07:41:57 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:33644) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jcSXL-0001fQ-QC for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 23 May 2020 07:41:56 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48986) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jcSXL-0005Dr-5D for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sat, 23 May 2020 07:41:55 -0400 Received: from manu32.manufrog.com ([98.142.96.242]:33390) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jcSXK-0005lV-8P for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sat, 23 May 2020 07:41:54 -0400 Received: from h85-8-55-65.cust.a3fiber.se ([85.8.55.65]:57244 helo=[192.168.1.100]) by manu32.manufrog.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1jcSWc-000721-2i; Sat, 23 May 2020 13:41:10 +0200 To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org From: Anders Jonsson Subject: Chars out of order in date.c string Message-ID: <59c079fd-00c0-76ba-d4ce-4b36b5e9cc98@norsjovallen.se> Date: Sat, 23 May 2020 13:41:08 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: sv-FI X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - manu32.manufrog.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - norsjovallen.se X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: manu32.manufrog.com: authenticated_id: anders.jonsson@norsjovallen.se X-Authenticated-Sender: manu32.manufrog.com: anders.jonsson@norsjovallen.se X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Received-SPF: none client-ip=98.142.96.242; envelope-from=anders.jonsson@norsjovallen.se; helo=manu32.manufrog.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/05/23 07:41:11 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = ??? X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001 autolearn=_AUTOLEARN X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit Cc: =?UTF-8?Q?G=c3=b6ran_Uddeborg?= X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) Hi, I noticed one thing when having a look at the Swedish translation of coreutils. >#: src/date.c:196 >msgid "" >"  %F   full date; like %+4Y-%m-%d\n" This doesn't give the expected result when I try it in coreutils 8.30 in Debian testing: >date +%F 2020-05-23 >date +%+4Y-%m-%d %+4Y-05-23 If the "%" and the "+" change places in the string above we get the expected result: >date +%4Y-%m-%d 2020-05-23 My suggestion would thus be to change the character order so the string becomes "  %F   full date; like +%4Y-%m-%d\n" Regards, Anders Jonsson From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat May 23 11:57:33 2020 Received: (at 41480-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 May 2020 15:57:33 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35372 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jcWWj-0008Qw-5i for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 23 May 2020 11:57:33 -0400 Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.68]:56284) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jcWWh-0008Qi-Gf for 41480-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 23 May 2020 11:57:32 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D1BA1600E2; Sat, 23 May 2020 08:57:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id 17qlAlyShFUF; Sat, 23 May 2020 08:57:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost 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X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) On 5/23/20 4:41 AM, Anders Jonsson wrote: > I noticed one thing when having a look at the Swedish translation of co= reutils. >=20 >>#: src/date.c:196 >>msgid "" >>"=C2=A0 %F=C2=A0=C2=A0 full date; like %+4Y-%m-%d\n" There must be some confusion here, because this translation is for coreut= ils 8.31 and later. > This doesn't give the expected result when I try it in coreutils 8.30 i= n Debian > testing: That's because the behavior of coreutils changed in 8.31. The translation= string you're talking about was introduced in coreutils 8.31, so I'm puzzled as = to why it'd be used with coreutils 8.30. 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[86.42.14.227]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id v6sm11280041eje.113.2020.05.23.09.41.44 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 23 May 2020 09:41:45 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: bug#41480: Chars out of order in date.c string To: 41480@debbugs.gnu.org, anders.jonsson@norsjovallen.se References: <59c079fd-00c0-76ba-d4ce-4b36b5e9cc98@norsjovallen.se> <62f49cd0-dd82-6e4c-c356-aafb59014311@cs.ucla.edu> From: =?UTF-8?Q?P=c3=a1draig_Brady?= Message-ID: <290d0f5d-3bc6-c8d4-bdc3-805d6acd601e@draigBrady.com> Date: Sat, 23 May 2020 17:41:44 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:76.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/76.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <62f49cd0-dd82-6e4c-c356-aafb59014311@cs.ucla.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: 0.5 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 41480 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.5 (/) On 23/05/2020 16:57, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 5/23/20 4:41 AM, Anders Jonsson wrote: > >> I noticed one thing when having a look at the Swedish translation of coreutils. >> >>> #: src/date.c:196 >>> msgid "" >>> "  %F   full date; like %+4Y-%m-%d\n" > > There must be some confusion here, because this translation is for coreutils > 8.31 and later. > >> This doesn't give the expected result when I try it in coreutils 8.30 in Debian >> testing: > > That's because the behavior of coreutils changed in 8.31. The translation string > you're talking about was introduced in coreutils 8.31, so I'm puzzled as to why > it'd be used with coreutils 8.30. > > Here's the behavior change in 8.31: > > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/?id=188d87b05190690d6f8b0577ec65ef221a711d08 > > and here's the closely-related documentation change in 8.31: > > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=2ab2f7a422652a9ec887e08ca8935b44e9629505 I think the point is that commonly available online docs have gotten ahead of commonly available coreutils versions. When copying and pasting, the issue occurs. This could be considered too much information anyway since the distinction only applies to future years beyond the year 9999. I.E. the "like %Y-%m-%d" is better in the --help and man output, since it's more concise and compatible. The info doc can continue to expand on the details. cheers, Pádraig. 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