From unknown Tue Jun 24 03:25:18 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#8356: date bug Resent-From: Fulvio Donazzolo Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:11:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 8356 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 8356@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.13012494165292 (code B ref -1); Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:11:02 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Mar 2011 18:10:16 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3uPn-0001NJ-Tk for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:10:16 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3rGn-0005OD-8E for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; 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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 07:48:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4D8F4E40.8050207@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:48:32 +0200 From: Fulvio Donazzolo User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20110307 Icedove/3.0.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 199.232.76.165 X-Spam-Score: -5.9 (-----) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:10:14 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -5.9 (-----) $ date -d "02:50" date: invalid date `02:50' $ date -d "01:50" Sun Mar 27 01:50:00 CET 2011 $ date -d "03:50" Sun Mar 27 03:50:00 CEST 2011 bug only with "02:XX" From unknown Tue Jun 24 03:25:18 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#8356: date bug, precision, universal time not affected Resent-From: gmail Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:41:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8356 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.130125481113088 (code B ref -1); 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c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ewTW2kt0CjCUqwoy9FclAb8r4w1pJ5l0+SXc9AJk47M06FO66cz6gWtMVe2+eFiewi zAaBn8OfeLt1YXqs/YYT5ZEx0B7Q4Mgz993lGDEURDcoSGD7Fm/NNY0PFvKoAmnHhihM 87Ns+e2heecNwAnqve9+kXk7JAg3hcgukj00Q= Received: by 10.223.91.79 with SMTP id l15mr3556061fam.53.1301254798803; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:39:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.246] (38.63.83-79.rev.gaoland.net [79.83.63.38]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c21sm1185595fac.46.2011.03.27.12.39.58 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:39:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4D8F978F.7000506@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:01:19 +0200 From: gmail User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Thunderbird/3.1.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4D8F4E40.8050207@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D8F4E40.8050207@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 199.232.76.165 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -5.1 (-----) I notice this behavior with coreutils-8.9 : [root@pompomgalli]# /bin/date -d "02:50" /bin/date: invalid date `02:50' The universal time parsing seems not affected : [root@pompomgalli]# /bin/date -u -d "02:50" Sun Mar 27 02:50:00 UTC 2011 Regards, Cédric. Le 27/03/2011 16:48, Fulvio Donazzolo a écrit : > $ date -d "02:50" > date: invalid date `02:50' > > > $ date -d "01:50" > Sun Mar 27 01:50:00 CET 2011 > > $ date -d "03:50" > Sun Mar 27 03:50:00 CEST 2011 > > bug only with "02:XX" > > > From unknown Tue Jun 24 03:25:18 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#8356: date bug Resent-From: Bob Proulx Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:45:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8356 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Fulvio Donazzolo Cc: 8356@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 8356-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8356.130125509013473 (code B ref 8356); Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:45:02 +0000 Received: (at 8356) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Mar 2011 19:44:50 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3vtI-0003VF-Ud for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:44:49 -0400 Received: from joseki.proulx.com ([216.17.153.58]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3vtH-0003V0-45; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:44:48 -0400 Received: from hysteria.proulx.com (hysteria.proulx.com [192.168.230.119]) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1FB921311; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:44:41 -0600 (MDT) Received: by hysteria.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9F0822DC52; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:44:41 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:44:41 -0600 From: Bob Proulx Message-ID: <20110327194441.GA17879@hysteria.proulx.com> References: <4D8F4E40.8050207@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D8F4E40.8050207@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) tags 8356 + moreinfo notabug thanks Fulvio Donazzolo wrote: > $ date -d "02:50" > date: invalid date `02:50' > > $ date -d "01:50" > Sun Mar 27 01:50:00 CET 2011 > > $ date -d "03:50" > Sun Mar 27 03:50:00 CEST 2011 > > bug only with "02:XX" Thank you for your report but this is almost certainly not a bug in date but a misunderstanding of Daylight Savings Time in your timezone. It looks to me like you have transitioned from CET) Central European Time to CEST (Central European Summer Time). During the transition the local time "springs forward" and skips an hour. During that hour there is not any 02:XX time that is valid. It does not exist. Please read this FAQ and see if it matches your problem. It includes quite a lot of description of the issues. http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#The-date-command-is-not-working-right_002e Bob From unknown Tue Jun 24 03:25:18 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#8356: date bug, precision, universal time not affected Resent-From: Bob Proulx Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:51:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8356 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug moreinfo To: gmail Cc: 8356@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 8356-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8356.130126261327271 (code B ref 8356); Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:51:01 +0000 Received: (at 8356) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Mar 2011 21:50:13 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3xqe-00075o-MS for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:50:12 -0400 Received: from joseki.proulx.com ([216.17.153.58]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3xqb-00075a-Gq for 8356@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:50:11 -0400 Received: from hysteria.proulx.com (hysteria.proulx.com [192.168.230.119]) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88CDF21311; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:50:03 -0600 (MDT) Received: by hysteria.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 748082DC56; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:50:03 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:50:03 -0600 From: Bob Proulx Message-ID: <20110327215003.GA12453@hysteria.proulx.com> References: <4D8F4E40.8050207@gmail.com> <4D8F978F.7000506@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D8F978F.7000506@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) gmail wrote: > I notice this behavior with coreutils-8.9 : > > [root@pompomgalli]# /bin/date -d "02:50" > /bin/date: invalid date `02:50' > > The universal time parsing seems not affected : > > [root@pompomgalli]# /bin/date -u -d "02:50" > Sun Mar 27 02:50:00 UTC 2011 Thank you for adding additional information to this bug report. However this is not a bug in date but rather a misunderstanding of Daylight Saving Time in your timezone. With the transition from CET (Central European Time) to CEST (Central European Summer Time) the 02:00 - 03:00 hour of time has been skipped. It does not exist and is not a valid time. This is not a bug in date. This is by design of the law that specifies your timezone. To avoid the political boundaries you can simply avoid the time near to time change such as using 12:00 noon or you can use UTC which never changes to or from daylight saving time. Please see the FAQ for a detailed explanation. http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#The-date-command-is-not-working-right_002e Bob From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Apr 09 23:43:28 2011 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Apr 2011 03:43:28 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q8lYd-0006N4-U0 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 09 Apr 2011 23:43:28 -0400 Received: from joseki.proulx.com ([216.17.153.58]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q8lYc-0006Ms-IP for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 09 Apr 2011 23:43:26 -0400 Received: from hysteria.proulx.com (hysteria.proulx.com [192.168.230.119]) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEB4E21638 for ; Sat, 9 Apr 2011 21:43:20 -0600 (MDT) Received: by hysteria.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DAAE92DC53; Sat, 9 Apr 2011 21:43:20 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 21:43:20 -0600 From: Bob Proulx To: control@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: closing ticket Message-ID: <20110410034320.GA11140@hysteria.proulx.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) close 8356 thanks I believe this bug to have been resolved but was forgotten to be closed. Closing it now.