Subject: bug#72023: feature request for date(1): strptime-style format string when you don't want date to guess

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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:12:00 +0000

Re: strptime is mistake: you think that particular function is bad, or the whole idea of
"here is a string describing the format, please parse accordingly" is a bad idea?

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From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]> 
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To: Yagnatinsky, Mark : IT (NYK) <[email-masked]>; [email-masked]
Subject: Re: bug#72023: feature request for date(1): strptime-style format string when you don't want date to guess

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On 7/10/24 13:59, mark.yagnatinsky--- via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote:
> BSD date has this flag

Unfortunately it uses -f for the flag, and -f already has a well-established different meaning in GNU 'date'. We could add it to GNU date under a different (long) option name, though we'd still be incompatible with BSD 'date'.

Again, if someone wants to write the code and (just as important) documentation, and also the tests, go for it. I tend to think strptime is a mistake, so I'm not likely to volunteer.

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