Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 15:08:29 +0100 From: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: date(1) and -v-1m Message-ID: <19991231150829.A28634@cichlids.cichlids.com>
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Hello! The behaviour of date(1) is probably specified by POSIX, but I think, date -v-1m should at least return a date a month _before_ the current month. Example: Mi 1 Dez 1999 15:06:47 CET (Dez. has 31, so it should be Nov 30, I think). More confusing is something like: alex:~ $ date -v-1m +%Y-%m 1999-12 what I wanted to use to create backup folders for my mail-system (all mails of the last month are moved to a folder of the last month). That's weird, somehow. Is this a bug or a feature? Is this POSIX-compilant? Do we want an additional option? (I want :-)) Alex -- I doubt, therefore I might be. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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