GNU bug report logs - #53982
date (GNU coreutils) 8.30 bug report "17 april 2022 + 37 week 5pm"

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Stéphane Archer <archerstephane <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2022 23:46:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 53982 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Stéphane Archer <archerstephane <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 53982 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#53982: date (GNU coreutils) 8.30 bug report "17 april 2022
 + 37 week 5pm"
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 09:17:51 +0100

On Feb 13 2022, Stéphane Archer wrote:

> $ date -d "17 april 2022 + 36 week 5pm" +'%G-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.0Z'
> 2022-12-25T17:00:00.0Z
> $ date -d "17 april 2022 + 37 week 5pm" +'%G-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.0Z'
> 2022-01-01T17:00:00.0Z
> $ date -d "17 april 2022 + 38 week 5pm" +'%G-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.0Z'
> 2023-01-08T17:00:00.0Z
> ```
> as you can see the input "17 april 2022 + 37 week 5pm" makes date return
> the wrong output for some unknown reason.

It doesn't make sense to use %G without %V, or to use it in place of %Y.

$ date -d "17 april 2022 + 37 week 5pm" +'%G/%V %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.0Z'
2022/52 2023-01-01T17:00:00.0Z

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