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Message #8 received at 8572 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
Cc: 8572 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8572: du/bigtime skip reason
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:54:12 -0700

On 04/27/11 16:21, Bruno Haible wrote:
> $ ./coreutils-8.12-64bit/src/touch -d @922337203685477580 future; echo $?
> 0
> 
> $ ./coreutils-8.12-32bit/src/touch -d @922337203685477580 future; echo $?
> ./coreutils-8.12-32bit/src/touch: invalid date format `@922337203685477580'
> 1
> 
> I would argue that when entering a date, this should not happen.

Is it the message "invalid date format" that's the problem?
So you're suggesting that the message be improved to say "date out of range", or
something like that?  That would make sense; I'm just trying to make
sure that's what you're asking for.

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