date bug ?

[dds]

Not sure if I have a Daylight Savings Time bug or a problem with my
system configuration.

OOT_ddslap[39]:hwclock --show
Mon Apr  2 13:44:04 2001  -0.040225 seconds

ROOT_ddslap[40]:date
Mon Apr  2 13:44:19 EDT 2001

ROOT_ddslap[41]:date -d +"last fri"
Thu Mar 29 23:00:00 EST 2001

ROOT_ddslap[42]:date -d +"next fri"
Fri Apr  6 00:00:00 EDT 2001


notice the "last fri" returns a value of Thursday EST 23:00 hours.


ROOT_ddslap[43]:date --version
date (GNU sh-utils) 2.0
Written by David MacKenzie.

Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE



    Thanks

    Don Shugard