bug#7223: Acknowledgement (DATE 8.5 and back -- Invalid date with specific dates)

[Lucien Raven]

Thanks all you folks! 

The missing piece of information, as guessed by Paul Eggert: 
TZ=America/Sao_Paulo (Brazil/East).

All commands from the report were executed a few hours before reporting,so it 
was Oct,15... a few days from entering Daylight Saving time.

Tried all your suggestions they work:


> date +%Y --date='20101017'
date: invalid date `20101017'

> date +%Y --date='20101017 12:00'
2010

> date +%Y --date='20101017 -Z'
2010

> date +%Y --date='20101017 +Z'
2010

> date --version
date (GNU coreutils) 6.11

And thanks for pointing the FAQ, Eric  and Bob!!  -> Shame on me... next time I 
should try a bit harder on my searching arguments. =]