bug#80118: Don't just say "invalid date"

Dan Jacobson <[email protected]> Sun, 04 Jan 2026 08:49:38 +0800

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs
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>  $ date --debug -d '01/30/2026 02:00 PM ET'
  date: warning: value 1 has less than 4 digits. Assuming MM/DD/YY[YY]

What does it mean "value 1" ?

Don't tell me. Just make the error message clearer please.

And I don't see anything with less than four digits, unless you want four digit days and months...