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coreutils 8.30-3ubuntu2 "date" command doesn't like one specific date: 2020-09-06

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From: Leo Wandersleb <leo.wandersleb <at> gmx.de>
To: 44240 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44240: coreutils 8.30-3ubuntu2 "date" command doesn't like one specific date: 2020-09-06
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 12:14:53 -0300

Hi,

for some reason I get an error with one specific date but not with others:

$ for i in 08 09 10; do for j in 5 6 7; do d="2020-$i-0$j"; echo $d $( date
-d"$d" ); done; done
2020-08-05 Wed 05 Aug 2020 12:00:00 AM -04
2020-08-06 Thu 06 Aug 2020 12:00:00 AM -04
2020-08-07 Fri 07 Aug 2020 12:00:00 AM -04
2020-09-05 Sat 05 Sep 2020 12:00:00 AM -04
date: invalid date ‘2020-09-06’
2020-09-06
2020-09-07 Mon 07 Sep 2020 12:00:00 AM -03
2020-10-05 Mon 05 Oct 2020 12:00:00 AM -03
2020-10-06 Tue 06 Oct 2020 12:00:00 AM -03
2020-10-07 Wed 07 Oct 2020 12:00:00 AM -03

Regards,

Leo Wandersleb

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