GNU bug report logs - #53033
date has multiple "first saturday"s?

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Darryl Okahata <darryl_okahata <at> keysight.com>

Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2022 18:44:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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Message #26 received at 53033 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Darryl Okahata <darryl_okahata <at> keysight.com>
To: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
Cc: "53033 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <53033 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: bug#53033: date has multiple "first saturday"s?
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 19:42:11 +0000

Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com> wrote:

    Inconsistencies like this are why I wish it had never been implemented.  Best to avoid the syntax completely.

Thanks.  I'll avoid date and use either python or ruby to get this info.

  -- Darryl
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