GNU bug report logs - #48353
result of date is wrong if Etc/GMT is used

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Thomas Güttinger <Guettinger <at> igel.com>

Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 15:02:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Thomas Güttinger <Guettinger <at> igel.com>
To: "bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org" <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: result of date is wrong if Etc/GMT is used
Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 10:17:37 +0000

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The date command inverts the sign if TZ is set with Etc/GMT.

Example:
TZ=':Etc/GMT+5' date
Result:
Di 11. Mai 05:08:48 -05 2021

Tested with version coreutils-8.28 and coreutils 8.32-1.


Thomas Güttinger
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