bug#81331: touch -d doesn't allow a date_time string of YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:60, which POSIX requires special behavior for

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On 2026-06-29 23:15, Paul Eggert wrote:
> https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1991
> 
> Let's hold off on changing GNU 'touch' until the POSIX committee has a 
> chance to think about it.

As can be seen in today's update to that URL, it appears the committee 
recognizes that POSIX got it wrong here, and that they plan to allow GNU 
touch's behavior in a future standard. That should be good enough for 
us, so I installed the attached documentation patch and am closing this 
bug report.

Thanks for bringing this up.
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