Bug in GNU date ?

[Vincent Bernat]

Hi !

I have a little problem with GNU date but I am not sure if it is a bug
or not. Here is what I get with a Linux machine (glibc 2.1) :

neo bernat/sh-utils-2.0> date -d "1 day ago"
Mon Mar 26 19:56:46 CEST 2001
neo bernat/sh-utils-2.0> date -d "3 day ago"
Sat Mar 24 19:56:49 CET 2001
neo bernat/sh-utils-2.0> date -d "date -d '3 day ago'"
Sat Mar 24 19:57:05 CET 2001
neo bernat/sh-utils-2.0> date -d "date -d '1 day ago'"
Mon Mar 26 20:57:08 CEST 2001
neo bernat/sh-utils-2.0> 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.

And here is what I get on an OpenBSD 2.8 machine (libc 25.2)

lucas% gnudate -d "1 day ago"     ~
Mon Mar 26 19:57:35 CEST 2001
lucas% gnudate -d "3 day ago"     ~
Sat Mar 24 19:57:42 CET 2001
lucas% gnudate -d "gnudate -d '3 day ago'"   ~
Sat Mar 24 19:57:56 CET 2001
lucas% gnudate -d "gnudate -d '1 day ago'"   ~
gnudate: invalid date Mon Mar 26 19:58:00 CEST 2001'
lucas% gnudate --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.


It seems that gnudate doesn't recognize CEST in input but is able to
produce it as output. What may be the problem ?

Regards,

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