Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 10:32:24 +0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Mark Martinec <Mark.Martinec+freebsd@ijs.si>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: date(1) default format changed between 10.3 and 11.0-BETA3 Message-ID: <3629a441-ee6d-2407-fa13-5ebd8db8d802@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <dc9483611fd37e051fb68532daf10066@mailbox.ijs.si> References: <dc9483611fd37e051fb68532daf10066@mailbox.ijs.si>
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On 4/08/2016 7:24 AM, Mark Martinec wrote: > Is it normal/expected/documented that the date(1) command in 11.0 > now produces a timestamp in substantially different format > in an "en_US.UTF-8" locale (long names, commas, 12 vs. 24h hour time): > > Thursday, August 4, 2016 at 12:50:43 AM CEST > vs: > Thu Aug 4 00:52:29 CEST 2016 > one of those is a bug. the formats are defined in posix I believe. > > Setting LC_TIME does not help: > > $ LC_TIME="C" date > Thursday, August 4, 2016 at 01:13:37 AM CEST > > although LC_ALL="C" _does_ help. > > > This is funny too, especially regarding commas: > $ LC_ALL="en_GB.UTF-8" date > Thursday 4 August 2016 at 01:16:45 CEST > $ LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" date > Thursday, August 4, 2016 at 01:16:54 AM CEST > > > The date(1) man page states: > The date utility is expected to be compatible with IEEE Std 1003.2 > (“POSIX.2”). > What does POSIX.2 say about date(1) following a locale? > > > > ====== > 11.0-BETA3: > > $ date > Thursday, August 4, 2016 at 12:50:43 AM CEST > > $ uname -a > FreeBSD xxx.ijs.si 11.0-BETA3 FreeBSD 11.0-BETA3 #0 r303469: Fri Jul > 29 02:27:28 UTC 2016 > root@releng2.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > > $ locale > LANG= > LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8" > LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8" > LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8" > LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8" > LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8" > LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8" > LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 > > ====== > 10.3-RELEASE-p6 : > > $ date > Thu Aug 4 00:52:29 CEST 2016 > > $ freebsd-version > 10.3-RELEASE-p6 > > $ uname -a > FreeBSD yyy.ijs.si 10.3-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p4 #0: Sat > May 28 12:23:44 UTC 2016 > root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > > $ locale > LANG= > LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8" > LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8" > LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8" > LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8" > LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8" > LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8" > LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 > > > > Mark > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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