Re: bin/50574 (lib/libutil/t_parsedate:relative test fails at times)

[dieter roelants <dieter.NetBSD%pandora.be@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/50574; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: dieter roelants <dieter.NetBSD%pandora.be@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/50574 (lib/libutil/t_parsedate:relative test fails at
 times)
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 14:17:41 +0100

 On Sun,  3 Jan 2016 00:10:01 +0000 (UTC)
 David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
 
 >  My experience over the years has been that the date formats recognized
 >  (and understood) by CVS do not as a general rule match the
 >  documentation, so with the restriction that things like "yesterday"
 >  are effectively required for various CVS purposes I see no harm in
 >  restructuring/changing things if someone can come up with a more
 >  coherent spec.
 >  
 >  What uses it besides CVS and date?
 
 touch(1), makefs(8)
 
 FWIW, I think it also unlikely somebody or something relies on the
 current behaviour of x months + y days.
 
 >  
 >  -- 
 >  David A. Holland
 >  dholland%netbsd.org@localhost
 >