bug#41106: closed (date --date '20180325 02:58:00' fails)

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> Wed, 6 May 2020 08:04:41 +0000
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> Sorry I just found the reason in the FAQ... :-(
> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#The-date-command-is-not-working-right_002e
> I am in local daylight saving time change case.
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> Thanks
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> De : Julien Demaria
> Envoyé : mercredi 6 mai 2020 09:59
> À : address@hidden
> Objet : date --date '20180325 02:58:00' fails
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> Hi,
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> We found this very suspect behavior:
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> $ date --date '20180325 02:58:00'
> date: invalid date `20180325 02:58:00'
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> but for the previous day it works...:
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> $ date --date '20180323 02:58:00'
> Fri Mar 23 02:58:00 CET 2018
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> Is it a bug?
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> Adding -u or setting TZ seems a workaround.
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> Tested with version 8.28 on Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
> and also with version 8.13 on Debian GNU/Linux 7
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> Thanks in advance,
> Julien
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> tag 41106 notabug
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> On 2020-05-06 10:04, Julien Demaria wrote:
> >> $ date --date '20180325 02:58:00'
> >> date: invalid date `20180325 02:58:00'
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> > Sorry I just found the reason in the FAQ... :-(
> > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#The-date-command-is-not-working-right_002e
> > I am in local daylight saving time change case.
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> Indeed, the debug option shows it:
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> date --debug --date '20180325 02:58:00'
> date: parsed number part: (Y-M-D) 2018-03-25
> date: parsed time part: 02:58:00
> date: input timezone: system default
> date: using specified time as starting value: '02:58:00'
> date: error: invalid date/time value:
> date:     user provided time: '(Y-M-D) 2018-03-25 02:58:00'
> date:        normalized time: '(Y-M-D) 2018-03-25 03:58:00'
> date:                                             --
> date:      possible reasons:
> date:        non-existing due to daylight-saving time;
> date:        numeric values overflow;
> date:        missing timezone
> date: invalid date '20180325 02:58:00'
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> As such, I'm marking this issue as 'notabug' in our bug tracker.
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> Have a nice day,
> Berny
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