date command "-d last month" error

Randall Nelson <[email protected]> Fri, 29 Mar 2002 22:22:29 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.sh-utils.bugs
Organization	Next Paradigm Systems, Inc.
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Hello,

I have just found a bug in the date command.

on 3/29/02 at 10 PM CST  date -d 'last month' +%Y%m  returned 200203

Should be 200202

on 3/28/02 at 10 PM CST  date -d 'last month' +%Y%m  returned 200202

As it should.

Could this be due to Feb. having 28 days?

Randy

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