Bug in 'date'???

[JP Vossen]

Am I doing something really stupid here?  Should date accept the "a" or "p"
shorthand?  It seems to me it would be better if it failed instead of
producing output that is *almost* correct...

/root# date -d "3/1/02 11:59pm"         Correct
Fri Mar  1 23:59:00 EST 2002

/root# date -d "3/1/02 11:59p"          Not
Fri Mar  1 03:59:00 EST 2002

/root# date -d "3/1/02 11:59 p"         Not
Fri Mar  1 03:59:00 EST 2002

/root# date -d "3/1/02 11:59 pm"        Correct
Fri Mar  1 23:59:00 EST 2002

/root# date -d "3/1/02 11:59a"          Not
Fri Mar  1 07:59:00 EST 2002

/root# date -d "3/1/02 11:59am"         Correct
Fri Mar  1 11:59:00 EST 2002

etc...

Am I missing something?
JP
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