Re: Bug in GNU date (1.16): Doesn't handle DST shifts (GAWK gets it right!)

[Jim Meyering]

address@hidden (Kenny McCormack) wrote:
> % gdate --version
> date (GNU sh-utils) 1.16
> % echo $TZ
> US/Eastern
> % gdate ; gdate -d '2400 hours ago'
> Fri Nov 16 20:48:14 EST 2001
> Wed Aug  8 20:48:14 EDT 2001
>
> Now, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that 2400 hours ago, it
> was 20:48 EST (aka, 21:48 EDT).  So, how come it doesn't display it
> correctly? (Either 20:48 EST or 21:48 EDT would be correct, but 20:48 EDT
> is clearly wrong)

Thanks for the report.

> Fixed in a later version?

Yes.

  $ date; date -d '2400 hours ago'
  Sat Nov 17 14:53:13 CET 2001
  Thu Aug  9 15:53:13 CEST 2001

Here's the latest test release:
  ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/fetish/sh-utils-2.0.11.tar.gz