GNU bug report logs - #71986
RFC: date @ to support ms.

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Richard Neill <rn214 <at> cam.ac.uk>

Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 03:17:02 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 #17 received at 71986 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Neill <rn214 <at> cam.ac.uk>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>, Richard Neill <rn214 <at> cam.ac.uk>
Cc: 71986 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71986: RFC: date @ to support ms.
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 20:18:13 +0100

On 08/07/2024 17:33, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> date --date='@1720378861.258' --rfc-3339=ns

Thanks. The problem is that the input string (from elsewhere) is
"1720378861258"  i.e. it's "integer ms", not "seconds with a decimal".
Also, this is an increasingly common format to see as an input

Slightly relatedly, for date-input, this:
  date --date '1/2/2024'
is ambiguous (most of the world sees this as 1st Feb; USA sees it as 2nd 
Jan).

=> so there are a few cases where date could benefit from a rule for how 
the --date field should be parsed, and if there isn't a flag, at least a 
clarification in the man page would be helpful.

Thanks very much,

Best wishes,

Richard
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