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From: "Robert McNulty Junior" <bmj2001 AT bellsouth DOT net>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: qRE: problems with the "%h" flag to the "date" command
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 22:58:54 -0600
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Same results here.
Perhaps a bug in Date.

-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
Of David A. Case
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 10:38 PM
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: problems with the "%h" flag to the "date" command


Several of my scripts are failing because "date" doesn't seem to properly
recognize the "%h" flag.  According to the docs:

% man date

NAME
       date - print or set the system date and time
..

       %b     locale's abbreviated month name (Jan..Dec)
..
       %h     same as %b
..


But here is my experience:

% date +%d%b%y 
14Jan03

% date +%d%h%y
1403

The "%h" argument works as advertised on RedHat Linux, and on several
Unices.  So, this has the earmarks of a cygwin-specific problem.

I could not find any mention of this at the FAQ or mailing lists.  My
cygwin installation (Windows XP Pro) is no more than a few days old
(cygcheck output attached...)

There is an obvious work-around, but not one that I can see that avoids
propagating changes (%h -> %b) back to Unix origins of a reasonably large
number of scripts.

..thanks!...dave case




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