From unknown Sun Sep 21 12:34:55 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#60030 <60030@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#60030 <60030@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: Small error in date command Reply-To: bug#60030 <60030@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 19:34:55 +0000 retitle 60030 Small error in date command reassign 60030 coreutils submitter 60030 "Malin Freeborn" severity 60030 normal tag 60030 notabug thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Dec 13 03:02:56 2022 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Dec 2022 08:02:56 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58774 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p50Fb-0001LM-RZ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 03:02:56 -0500 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:51324) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p4vMz-0003UX-3V for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2022 21:50:13 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p4vMy-0005fc-Tb for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2022 21:50:12 -0500 Received: from mout02.posteo.de ([185.67.36.66]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p4vMw-0007Gy-QA for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2022 21:50:12 -0500 Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 28486240101 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 03:50:06 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1670899807; bh=23a4HVEb1sSaJWCBXgm5Vg9r786qTN/idXQ+kqb7Ja4=; h=Date:Subject:From:To:From; b=jtby9d+UulQ6vdHlssj4ZoQxnr91/Er3HWmyV2kWxBUoF84jexYjD1efInKcCmNkN XiSrk9pG+awFv3DMcFZR19OAIGgqa/p4YkjGvZXV04LqeSfDeVN+YH2PoURoFm3keW bIKGWklEpV2X+4qyaOb51ixgYCXmix/18/HP4NMg2MQJb30qhVF2ORkvmsVDS7MV9e V/+1AcRBCGEWV5igt1YHs8pjuB76aWamVOvHgQmOwbJtZ9G187oMP54wEacFp+4ywE FvxyAojGQQac32YcCdCn2NRJgNmHqu+F0x0t2/MBvYfNC14h3d0B/30Xnl+aeYBr15 BbHIFmxuzln8g== Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4NWNJZ3rMHz6tmJ for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 03:50:06 +0100 (CET) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 02:50:05 +0000 Message-Id: Subject: Small error in date command From: "Malin Freeborn" To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.66; envelope-from=malinfreeborn@posteo.net; helo=mout02.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: -1.3 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 03:02:53 -0500 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: -2.3 (--) Hi bug-team, There's a small error in the date man page. If you search for `%F` you'll notice the date is summarized as so: %F full date; like %+4Y-%m-%d The example shows the `%` sign before the `+`. 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[95.44.90.175]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id o3-20020a05600c4fc300b003cfbbd54178sm3446654wmq.2.2022.12.13.04.51.27 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 13 Dec 2022 04:51:28 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 12:51:27 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.0 Subject: Re: bug#60030: Small error in date command Content-Language: en-US To: Malin Freeborn , 60030@debbugs.gnu.org References: From: =?UTF-8?Q?P=c3=a1draig_Brady?= In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: 0.2 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 60030 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: -0.8 (/) tag 60030 notabug close 60030 stop On 13/12/2022 02:50, Malin Freeborn wrote: > Hi bug-team, > > There's a small error in the date man page. If you search for `%F` > you'll notice the date is summarized as so: > > %F full date; like %+4Y-%m-%d > > The example shows the `%` sign before the `+`. This was intentional. '+' is a flag in this context as per: https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/commit/2ab2f7a42 cheers, Pádraig From unknown Sun Sep 21 12:34:55 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 12:24:04 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator