Re: date error?

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

Bob


Meister, Stefan <[email protected]> [2002-11-04 07:53:59 +0100]:
> Hello Bob,
> 
> here is the Version of date:
> 
> smeister@s390linux08:~ > 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.
> smeister@s390linux08:~ > 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
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> > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von:	[email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]]
> > Gesendet am:	Samstag, 2. November 2002 02:58
> > An:	Meister, Stefan
> > Cc:	'[email protected]'
> > Betreff:	Re: date error?
> > 
> > > is it a bug or a feature?:
> > > 
> > > smeister@s390linux07:~ > date +%D
> > > 10/31/02
> > > smeister@s390linux07:~ > 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