[Bug 710368] Re: /bin/date --date='next month' is wrong

2011-11-11 Thread Curtis Hovey
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[Bug 710368] Re: /bin/date --date='next month' is wrong

2011-01-31 Thread C de-Avillez
I can forward your comments to them (at coreut...@gnu.org -- the generic comments/development list --, or at bugs-coreut...@gnu.org specifically for bugs), or you can do it yourself. Note that I cannot copy you if I do it -- I do not have your email address; you can email me directly with hggdh2 at

[Bug 710368] Re: /bin/date --date='next month' is wrong

2011-01-31 Thread Mike Bianchi
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 04:52:18AM -, Josh Kupershmidt wrote: > : > Feb. 30th is an invalid date which `date` doesn't want to return, which > is why it's bumping the result into March. This explanation does not quite square with the behavior. Witness: date Mon Jan 31

[Bug 710368] Re: /bin/date --date='next month' is wrong

2011-01-31 Thread C de-Avillez
Thank you for opening this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. I am marking this bug WONTFIX -- recent coreutils has _improved_ on the fuzzy calendar calculations. Please note that calculations are still quite fuzzy, and this type of usage may get in some weird results. @Josh: thank you for the De

[Bug 710368] Re: /bin/date --date='next month' is wrong

2011-01-30 Thread Josh Kupershmidt
It does seem counterintuitive, but this behavior appears to be by-design. See here for a similar issue: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=301972 Feb. 30th is an invalid date which `date` doesn't want to return, which is why it's bumping the result into March. ** Bug watch added: D

[Bug 710368] Re: /bin/date --date='next month' is wrong

2011-01-30 Thread Curtis Hovey
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[Bug 710368] Re: /bin/date --date='next month' is wrong

2011-01-30 Thread Steve Kowalik
** Also affects: coreutils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: launchpad Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/710368 Title: /b