Date: next year broken

[Heikki Levanto]

I have found a problem with date. This year is 2000, so one would assume the
next year to be 2001, not 2002. And certainly last year was 1999, not 2002.

$ date
Wed Dec 27 15:32:38 CET 2000                        

$ date --date "5 feb"
Sat Feb  5 00:00:00 CET 2000

$ date --date "5 feb this year"
Mon Feb  5 00:00:00 CET 2001

$ date --date "5 feb next year"
Tue Feb  5 00:00:00 CET 2002

$ date --date "5 feb last year"
Tue Feb  5 00:00:00 CET 2002

$ date --version
date (GNU sh-utils) 2.0
Written by David MacKenzie.            

For the case it makes any difference, this is on a RedHat Linux 6.2

Also, a wish: A way to specify the next time a date matches, like
"forthcoming 5 feb" which should evaluate to 5 Feb, 2001. And its
counterpart, previous, "previous Feb 5" -> 5 Feb 2000, and "Previous 31 Dec"
-> 31 Dec 1999. And why not a nearest as well  "nearest feb" -> Feb 2001,
"nearest oct" -> oct 2000.





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