[Bug localedata/24046] en_US locale doesn't define date_fmt

aurelien at aurel32 dot net sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org
Fri Mar 29 22:52:00 GMT 2019


https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24046

--- Comment #5 from Aurelien Jarno <aurelien at aurel32 dot net> ---
(In reply to Andreas K. Huettel from comment #4)
> The fix now causes the output of "date" to change in en_US.utf8
> 
> glibc-2.28:
> "Thu Mar 28 19:20:25 UTC 2019"
> 
> glibc-2.29:
> "Thu 28 Mar 2019 07:20:34 PM UTC"

Yes, that was exactly the purpose of the fix, ie when using the en_US locale to
have the date utility to use the date format commonly used in USA.

> (note the different order of the parts). This can break (badly written)
> scripts.

Indeed. Those should get fixed.

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