Sorry I just found the reason in the FAQ... :-( https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#The-date-command-is-not-working-right_002e I am in local daylight saving time change case.
Thanks ________________________________________ De : Julien Demaria Envoyé : mercredi 6 mai 2020 09:59 À : bug-coreutils@gnu.org Objet : date --date '20180325 02:58:00' fails Hi, We found this very suspect behavior: $ date --date '20180325 02:58:00' date: invalid date `20180325 02:58:00' but for the previous day it works...: $ date --date '20180323 02:58:00' Fri Mar 23 02:58:00 CET 2018 Is it a bug? Adding -u or setting TZ seems a workaround. Tested with version 8.28 on Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS and also with version 8.13 on Debian GNU/Linux 7 Thanks in advance, Julien