[debbugs-tracker] bug#37060: closed (bug in date / coreutils)

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> bug in date / coreutils
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> Sat, 17 Aug 2019 03:32:58 +0000
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> Hi,
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> I believe there is a bug in the date utility.
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> My system is set to Berlin time, now daylight saving time.
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> When I put in
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>   date --date='TZ="Europe/Berlin" now'
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> I get correctly
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>   Sat 17 Aug 05:11:18 CEST 2019
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> However, putting in
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>   date --date='TZ="America/Los_Angeles" now'
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>   Sat 17 Aug 14:12:03 CEST 2019
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> which is nonsense. Also, putting in
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>   date --date='TZ="Asia/Shanghai" now'
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>   Fri 16 Aug 23:13:36 CEST 2019
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> which is definitely wrong, as I am currently in China where the sun is  
> up and shining.
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> I get from date --version the following:
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> date (GNU coreutils) 8.23
> Copyright (C) 2014 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.
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> Written by David MacKenzie.
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> My system is
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> Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.39-1+deb8u1 (2017-02-22)  
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
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> I get the same kind of error using 'today' instead of 'now', or  
> 'tomorrow', '1 hour ago', etc.
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> In case you need further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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> Best,
> Jens Baltrusch
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> I think that bug was fixed in 2017, and your coreutils version 8.23 predates the 
> fix. I suggest upgrading to the current version (8.31) of coreutils, as 8.23 is 
> pretty old anyway.
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