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Date:      Wed, 31 Jan 2001 20:20:27 -0800 (PST)
From:      adsouza@math.uwaterloo.ca
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   bin/24773: the -v flag of the date command does not work quite as expected
Message-ID:  <200102010420.f114KRe88833@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         24773
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       the -v flag of the date command does not work quite as expected
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jan 31 20:30:00 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Antonio D'souza
>Release:        4.2-stable
>Organization:
Checkfree i-Solutions
>Environment:
FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE #0: Fri Jan 19 21:51:36 EST 2001     root@alice.cshouse:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/QUIK  i386
>Description:
When I try to use the following line to change the current day of my system time, it has no effect:
date -v +3d

>How-To-Repeat:
try to alter the date with the d modifier of the -v option in the date utility
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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