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Date manipulation is not working after patching our Centos 4.8 server

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From: "Sandoval, Juan" <JSandoval <at> corp.untd.com>
To: <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Date manipulation is not working after patching our Centos 4.8 server
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:26:38 -0700

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vhost01.dca.int: ~ % /usr/local/gnu/bin/date --date "7 days +
11-jul-2010"
/usr/local/gnu/bin/date: invalid date `7 days + 11-jul-2010'


However it works fine on our other server that we have not patched yet.

vhost01.vgs.int: ~ % % /usr/local/gnu/bin/date  --date "7 days +
11-jul-2010"
Sun Jul 18 00:00:00 PDT 2010


Juan Sandoval
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Message #8 received at 6642 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
To: "Sandoval, Juan" <JSandoval <at> corp.untd.com>
Cc: 6642 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6642: Date manipulation is not working after patching our
	Centos 4.8 server
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:20:20 -0600

Sandoval, Juan wrote:
> vhost01.dca.int: ~ % /usr/local/gnu/bin/date --date "7 days + 11-jul-2010"
> /usr/local/gnu/bin/date: invalid date `7 days + 11-jul-2010'

Thank you for the report.  Often here I might say something to the
effect that I can't recreate the problem.  But in this case I can't
recreate the success!  As far as I know that isn't the accepted
syntax.  It should be the other way around.  This would work for
example.

  date --date "11-jul-2010 + 7 days"

> However it works fine on our other server that we have not patched yet.
> 
> vhost01.vgs.int: ~ % % /usr/local/gnu/bin/date  --date "7 days + 11-jul-2010"
> Sun Jul 18 00:00:00 PDT 2010

Who am I to dispute an example such as that!

What are the versions of those two different date commands?

  /usr/local/gnu/bin/date --version

Is this a version of the coreutils that you compiled yourself or from
some other source?  GNU is all about the source.

Thanks

Bob

Message #13 received at 6642-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
To: "Sandoval, Juan" <JSandoval <at> corp.untd.com>
Cc: 6642-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6642: Date manipulation is not working after patching our
	Centos 4.8 server
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:21:37 -0600

It has been a year in the bug tracker system without any response.  So
I am assuming the issue is no longer relevant.  Closing the bug.

Bob

Bob Proulx wrote:
> Sandoval, Juan wrote:
> > vhost01.dca.int: ~ % /usr/local/gnu/bin/date --date "7 days + 11-jul-2010"
> > /usr/local/gnu/bin/date: invalid date `7 days + 11-jul-2010'
> 
> Thank you for the report.  Often here I might say something to the
> effect that I can't recreate the problem.  But in this case I can't
> recreate the success!  As far as I know that isn't the accepted
> syntax.  It should be the other way around.  This would work for
> example.
> 
>   date --date "11-jul-2010 + 7 days"
> 
> > However it works fine on our other server that we have not patched yet.
> > 
> > vhost01.vgs.int: ~ % % /usr/local/gnu/bin/date  --date "7 days + 11-jul-2010"
> > Sun Jul 18 00:00:00 PDT 2010
> 
> Who am I to dispute an example such as that!
> 
> What are the versions of those two different date commands?
> 
>   /usr/local/gnu/bin/date --version
> 
> Is this a version of the coreutils that you compiled yourself or from
> some other source?  GNU is all about the source.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> 

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