diff -urp coreutils-6.9-orig/lib/getdate.y coreutils-6.9/lib/getdate.y
--- coreutils-6.9-orig/lib/getdate.y	2007-02-23 19:25:21.000000000 +0100
+++ coreutils-6.9/lib/getdate.y	2007-11-16 18:12:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -446,7 +446,43 @@ date:
   ;
 
 rel:
-    relunit tAGO
+   tUNUMBER relunit_snumber
+      {
+	 /* Hybrid between date and relative for YYYYMMDD/YYMMDD date format
+	   for which was YYYYMMDD +X days considered as wrong format */
+	 pc->rel.ns += $2.ns;
+	 pc->rel.seconds += $2.seconds;
+	 pc->rel.minutes += $2.minutes;
+	 pc->rel.hour += $2.hour;
+	 pc->rel.day += $2.day;
+	 pc->rel.month += $2.month;
+	 pc->rel.year += $2.year;
+	 pc->rels_seen = true; 
+	 if (4 < $1.digits)
+	  {
+	    pc->day = $1.value % 100;
+	    pc->month = ($1.value / 100) % 100;
+	    pc->year.value = $1.value / 10000;
+	    pc->year.digits = $1.digits - 4;
+	    pc->dates_seen = true;
+	  } else {
+	    pc->times_seen++;
+	    if ($1.digits <= 2)
+	    {
+	      pc->hour = $1.value;
+	      pc->minutes = 0;
+	    }
+	    else
+	    {
+	      pc->hour = $1.value / 100;
+	      pc->minutes = $1.value % 100;
+	    }
+	    pc->seconds.tv_sec = 0;
+	    pc->seconds.tv_nsec = 0;
+	    pc->meridian = MER24;
+	  } 
+      }  
+  |  relunit tAGO
       {
 	pc->rel.ns -= $1.ns;
 	pc->rel.seconds -= $1.seconds;