[Bug 2122359] Re: date: invalid date 'now - X seconds'

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This bug was fixed in the package update-notifier - 3.199

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update-notifier (3.199) questing; urgency=medium

  * Use integer seconds in date calculation for compatibility with
    rust-coreutils implementation of date (LP: #2122359)

 -- Dave Jones <dave.jones at canonical.com>  Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:55:02
+0100

** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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Title:
  date: invalid date 'now - X seconds'

Status in The Ubuntu-power-systems project:
  New
Status in rust-coreutils package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  run-parts is failing on 98-fsck-at-reboot, presumably due to rust-
  coreutils not supporting the arguments to `date`.

  this failure can be seen in the motd:

  date: invalid date 'now - X seconds'
  run-parts: /etc/update-motd.d/98-fsck-at-reboot exited with return code 1

  where X is a floating point number.

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