Re: date error?

[Bob Proulx]

Please keep responses on the mailing list and not to me privately
unless it is personal.

Bob


Meister, Stefan <address@hidden> [2002-11-04 07:53:59 +0100]:
> Hello Bob,
> 
> here is the Version of date:
> 
> address@hidden:~ > 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.
> address@hidden:~ > rpm -qa | grep utils
> sh_utils-2.0-199
> 
> I am uing a SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Distribution for zSeries. I told
> SuSE about this bug.
> 
> mit freundlichen Gr??en / kind regards
> 
> Stefan Meister
> K-DOI-11
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> > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von:        address@hidden [SMTP:address@hidden
> > Gesendet am:        Samstag, 2. November 2002 02:58
> > An: Meister, Stefan
> > Cc: 'address@hidden'
> > Betreff:    Re: date error?
> > 
> > > is it a bug or a feature?:
> > > 
> > > address@hidden:~ > date +%D
> > > 10/31/02
> > > address@hidden:~ > date +%m --date='last month'
> > > 10
> > 
> > You did not say which version of date you are using.
> > 
> >   date --version
> > 
> > If you are using date version 2.0 or earlier that is certainly
> > possible.  A large number of bug fixes and improvements went into the
> > sh-utils-2.0.11 around October 2000.  Please install a newer version
> > of the code.  If using a vendor version then your vendor probably has
> > updated this code.  If you are compiling your own then The test
> > release versions at ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/fetish are best.
> > 
> > Bob