Re: Using the command `date +%r` returns incorrect format

[Martin Freebody]

Eric/Andreas,

Solved! Thank you for the quick response(s)

> locale
LANG=en_GB
LC_CTYPE="en_GB"
LC_NUMERIC="en_GB"
LC_TIME="en_GB"
LC_COLLATE="en_GB"
LC_MONETARY="en_GB"
LC_MESSAGES="en_GB"
LC_PAPER="en_GB"
LC_NAME="en_GB"
LC_ADDRESS="en_GB"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_GB"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_GB"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_GB"
LC_ALL=

> LC_ALL=C date +%r
02:55:34 PM

> LC_ALL=C; export LC_ALL

> locale
LANG=en_GB
LC_CTYPE="C"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_TIME="C"
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_MONETARY="C"
LC_MESSAGES="C"
LC_PAPER="C"
LC_NAME="C"
LC_ADDRESS="C"
LC_TELEPHONE="C"
LC_MEASUREMENT="C"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="C"
LC_ALL=C

> date +%r
03:04:46 PM

Cheers,

Martin


Eric Blake wrote:

> According to Martin Freebody on 8/2/2005 2:31 AM:
>
> >BUG: Using the command `date +%r` returns incorrect format
>
> >Version:           3.3.0 (using KDE 3.3.0, SuSE)
> >Compiler:         gcc version 3.3.4 (pre 3.3.5 20040809)
> >OS:                  Linux (i686) release 2.6.8-24-smp
>
> >Using the command `date +%r` should give me for example "2:39:00 PM" but
> >on my machine it returns "02:39:00". [time is set correctly as %R
> >returns "14:39"].
>
>
> What is your locale?  And what does `LC_ALL=C date +%r' print?  This is a
> feature of strftime under locales.
>
> --
> Life is short - so eat dessert first!
>
> Eric Blake             address@hidden


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