Re: Date Computations cot executing properly!!

[urvashi singla]

Thank You!! But what if I execute this in a London timezone instead in my timezone? 

On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 12:05 AM, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:

On 10/30/2013 12:27 PM, urvashi singla wrote:
> Hi,
> If i execute following computation -
>
> Next=$(date +%Y%m%d --date="$User 1 day)

> It gives correct result for all except for 20130927. For 20130927 it gives
> 20130927 instead of next date i.e. 20130928 I don't understand why is this
> so? Is this a bug?

No, this is a manifestation of daylight savings.  20130927 happens to
have 25 hours in your timezone, but '1 day' only increments by 24 hours.
 This is a FAQ; to get the behavior you desire, anchor your time to noon
rather than the default of midnight (so that even with the fuzz of
daylight savings causing 23- or 25-hour days, you still land in the
desired destination day).

https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#The-date-command-is-not-working-right_002e

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