bug#35289: closed (Re: bug#35289: date+%-Y -d "- N years" errors when N > 111)

[Bernhard Voelker]

On 4/15/19 9:41 PM, Assaf Gordon wrote:
> A good starting point is adding the "--debug" option to date(1)
> and examining its output.

Hi Assaf,

I can easily reproduce here on my regular openSUSE:Tumbleweed from latest git:

  $ src/date --debug '+%-Y' -d '- 2010 years'
  date: parsed relative part: -2010 year(s)
  date: input timezone: system default
  date: using current time as starting value: '22:10:37'
  date: using current date as starting value: '(Y-M-D) 2019-04-15'
  date: starting date/time: '(Y-M-D) 2019-04-15 22:10:37'
  date: error: adding relative date resulted in an invalid date: '(Y-M-D) 
0009-04-15 22:10:37'
  src/date: invalid date '- 2010 years'

Have a nice day,
Berny