GNU bug report logs - #7331
Date command bug

Previous Next

Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Raymond Pete <raymond.pete <at> maine.edu>

Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 23:37:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

Message #13 received at 7331-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
To: Raymond Pete <raymond.pete <at> maine.edu>
Cc: 7331-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7331: Date command bug
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 15:00:47 -0600

Raymond Pete wrote:
> Thanks for the info Bob :-) I figured I missed something here.
> I see running my jobs just after midnight is probably not best.

I like running those types of calculations either at 12 noon or using
UTC.  Then the DST issues are avoided.

I also like using the 'date -R' format since it is RFC standard (used
in email and news) and unambiguous about timezones.  Otherwise I like
using "%F %T %z" for being compact, unambiguous, and sorts nicely.

I will go ahead and close the bug with this email then.

> Appreciate all the work you guys do!

The team enjoys hearing those nice words.  :-)

Bob
This bug report was last modified 14 years and 257 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.