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coreutils 9.7 "date -u" - timezone offset is in the wrong direction

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Message #48 received at 79261 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: james <at> nurealm.net
Cc: 79261 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-coreutils <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>,
 martin <at> kurahaupo.gen.nz
Subject: Re: bug#79261: coreutils 9.7 "date -u" - timezone offset is in the
 wrong direction
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:54:36 -0700

On 8/26/25 08:43, James Feeney wrote:
> Your definition of "longstanding" seems a bit disingenuous, since this change, from the default POSIX `date -u` 24 hour format to the 12 hour format, was made in 2020

? No it wasn't. I just now ran 'date -u' from the coreutils 5.93 (2005) 
shipped with Solaris 10, and it uses 12 hour format when run in a locale 
specifying that format. And I'm sure this behavior predates 2005.

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