>Number:         9287
>Category:       y2k
>Synopsis:       GNU tar version 1.11.2 doesn't understand 2k dates
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    y2k-manager (NetBSD Year 2000 bug manager)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jan 24 10:57:00 2000
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     
>Organization:

Markus.
>Release:        at least NetBSD 1.3.3, 1.4.1, 1.4.2_ALPHA 1.4P
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD pcwork3 1.4.2_ALPHA NetBSD 1.4.2_ALPHA (PCWORK3) #5: Tue Jan 4 20:11:35 MET 2000 root@radix:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/PCWORK3 i386


>Description:
	The actually used GNU tar version in NetBSD cannot handle 2k
	date specifications.
>How-To-Repeat:
	  tar --newer "Mon Jan 24 03:05:02 MET 2000" -cvf t.tar test

	yields a

	  tar: invalid date format `Mon Jan 24 03:05:02 MET 2000'
>Fix:
	Upgrade GNU tar at least to version 1.12
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: