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Re: Date parsing

From
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Jun 10, 2008, 15:07 UTC
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<484E98BA.70808@viscovery.net>
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Sverre Rabbelier schrieb:
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> Heya,
> 
> I noticed that we parse
> GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="31-05-2008 11:30pm" as "31st of July at 23:30 +0200"
> whereas we parse
> GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="01-06-2008 11:30pm" as "6th of January at 23:30 +0100"
> 
> Not only is it strange that we accept both orders (since apparently we
> don't resort to the latter order unless the first digit > 12), but
> it's also weird that the timezone changes based on which option was
> chosen! What does the list think about this? Is this "normal"
> behavior? If not, what (if anything) should we do about it?

Since you did not give a timezone, your local timezone is taken, presumably MET, which has daylight saving time in July, but not in January. This is OK.

-- Hannes
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  2. Johannes SixtJun 10, 2008
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