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

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Message #14 received at 72023 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: mark.yagnatinsky <at> barclays.com, 72023 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#72023: feature request for date(1): strptime-style format
 string when you don't want date to guess
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 14:56:36 +0200

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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