[Bug 710368] Re: /bin/date --date='next month' is wrong

[Curtis Hovey]

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Title:
  /bin/date --date='next month' is wrong

Status in “coreutils” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
    cat i
  /bin/date

  /bin/date                     +'%B'
  /bin/date --date='last month' +'%B'
  /bin/date --date='this month' +'%B'
  /bin/date --date='next month' +'%B'

  
    sh iSun Jan 30 16:59:31 EST 2011
  January
  December
  January
  March

  
  Note that 'this month' == January   and   'next month' == March

  Looks like a bug to me ;)

  Mike Bianchi

  More info ...

    uname -a
  Linux foveal4 2.6.24-28-generic #1 SMP Wed Nov 24 09:30:14 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

    date --version
  date (GNU coreutils) 6.10
  Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
  This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

  Written by David MacKenzie.

    env
  MANPATH=/usr/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/local/share/man
  CVSROOT=/home/mbianchi/src/cvs
  XDG_SESSION_COOKIE=fc5be364da5fcba6be068700465b3fb0-1296424178.733295-249958869
  BROWSER=mozilla
  LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib:/usr/lib
  XDM_MANAGED=/var/run/xdmctl/xdmctl-:0,maysd,mayfn,sched,rsvd,method=classic
  HOME=/home/mbianchi
  DISPLAY=:0.0
  MAILCHECK=0
  SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-WaRbE10988/agent.10988
  PWD=/usr/share/locale
  PRINTER=ps
  METAMAIL_PAGER=less -r -isX
  WINDOWID=41943047
  CVS_RSH=ssh
  PS2=
  SHLVL=0
  DM_CONTROL=/var/run/xdmctl
  RUBYLIB=/home/mbianchi/src/autoaud/lib/ruby
  GS_LIB=/home/mbianchi/.fonts

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