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date: --rfc-3339=TIMESPEC option doesn't print 'T'

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From: "F. Alexander Njemz" <f.alexander.njemz <at> googlemail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug in date: --rfc-3339=TIMESPEC option doesn't print 'T'
Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 15:25:53 +0200

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Hi,

as evidenced here [1] the slightly ambiguous wording in the RFC 3339 [2]
seems to be the reason that the date utility using the 
--rfc3339=TIMESPEC switch formats the date with a space instead of a 'T'.

I was confused as well, so I took the liberty to mail the authors of the
RFC in question. I attached the reply from Mr. Klyne.

There is also a patch attached.


Regards,

F. Alexander Njemz




[1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2006-05/msg00014.html

[2] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt

[rfc3339 is the T mandatory?.eml (message/rfc822, attachment)]

[date-rfc-3339-DIFF (text/plain, attachment)]

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