Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2019 17:24:15 -0000 (UTC) From: Jonesy <SPAM_TRAP_gmane@jonz.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Oddity in calendar output Message-ID: <slrnqnd2lv.1p4l.SPAM_TRAP_gmane@vps.jonz.net> References: <86ftl6rd7c.fsf@elm.localnet> <D56C43F5-DFAF-4A84-B76E-195A694D6377@boosten.org> <86zhjepi64.fsf@elm.localnet>
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On Sun, 08 Sep 2019 14:55:15 -0700, Carl Johnson wrote: > Peter Boosten via freebsd-questions writes: >>> Op 8 sep. 2019, om 17:59 heeft Carl Johnson het volgende geschreven: >>> >>> I just realized that one calendar(1) entry seems to be notifying me in >>> the wrong week. I have a calendar entry: >>> September SatSecond Shrewsbury Fair (2 days) >>> in my ~/calendar file to notify me on the second Saturday, but it >>> notified me on the first Saturday. I get the following results: >>> $ calendar -t 07-09-2019 >>> Sep 7* Shrewsbury Fair (2 days) >>> $ calendar -t 14-09-2019 >>> $ >>> September 7 is clearly the first Saturday, so why does it think that it >>> is the second Saturday and the 14th is not? I also tried changing >>> 'SatSecond' to 'Sat+2', but that gives the same result. >>> >>> Am I missing something obvious, or should I file a PR on this? Thanks >>> for any suggestions. >> >> It only seems to be wrong for this years September. Next year it’s >> okay again. Also, if you change the month to October, it works like it >> should. > > I did a little more checking and it also fails in September 2024. There > are also similar problems in April and July of 2018. The common factor > seems to be that all of those have Sunday as the first day of the month. > I submitted it as PR 240427 [1]. > > Thanks for your reply. > > 1. https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=240427 Are you, like me, running your login on local (UTC +nn) time? That might be a "factor" in the bug --- in that UTC Sunday (the 1st) would occur on your Saturday. Just a think. :-) (But, your examle of "Shrewsbury Fair" means, maybe, not....) Jonesy -- Marvin L Jones | Marvin | W3DHJ.net | linux 38.238N 104.547W | @ jonz.net | Jonesy | FreeBSD * Killfiling google & XXXXbanter.com: jonz.net/ng.htm
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