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Date manipulation is not working after patching our Centos 4.8 server

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: "Sandoval, Juan" <JSandoval <at> corp.untd.com>
Subject: bug#6642: closed (Re: bug#6642: Date manipulation is not working
 after patching our Centos 4.8 server)
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:25:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#6642: Date manipulation is not working after patching our Centos 4.8 server

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 6642 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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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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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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