bug#29589: date %k adds extra space for single digits hours

[Assaf Gordon]

tags 29589 notabug
close 29589
stop

(triaging old bugs)

From: Bishop Bettini [mailto:address@hidden
> On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 4:17 AM, Noam Arad  wrote:
> When using date command with the format %k if the hour is single digits there 
> is an extra space added.
> E.g.: date -u +"%Y/%m/%d %k:%M:%S" when run at "2017/12/06 9:16:26" will give the output 
> "2017/12/06  9:16:26"
> NOTE: there are two spaces between "06" and "9".
>
> This seems expected. Per the documentation as of GNU coreutils 8.22:
>
>         %k     hour, space padded ( 0..23); same as %_H

On 2017-12-06 11:55 a.m., Noam Arad wrote:
> Thanks for the quick reply. Will use your suggestions.
Given the above, I'm closing this bug.
Discussion can continue by replying to this thread.

-assaf