I have ran a few tests on 16.04, 18.04, 18.10, and 19.04 (all X86_64): 16.04:
root@u1604:~# date +%-Y -d '- 2010 years' 9 root@u1604:~# date --version date (GNU coreutils) 8.25 Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by David MacKenzie. 18.04: root@bionic:~# date +%-Y -d '- 2010 years' 9 root@bionic:~# date --version date (GNU coreutils) 8.28 Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by David MacKenzie. 18.10: root@u1810:~# date +%-Y -d '- 2010 years' 9 root@u1810:~# date --version date (GNU coreutils) 8.28 Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by David MacKenzie. 19.04: cerdea@piatam:/data/buildd/coreutils$ date +%-Y -d '- 2010 years' date: invalid date ‘- 2010 years’ 1 cerdea@piatam:/data/buildd/coreutils$ date --version date (GNU coreutils) 8.30 Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by David MacKenzie. Interestingly, it is also failing on git head: 130 cerdea@piatam:/data/buildd/coreutils$ src/date +%-Y -d '- 2010 years' src/date: invalid date ‘- 2010 years’ 1 cerdea@piatam:/data/buildd/coreutils$ src/date --version date (GNU coreutils) 8.31.12-6d78a Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by David MacKenzie. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1824688 Title: date+%-Y -d "- N years" errors when N > 111 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/1824688/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
