gnucompatibility(date): +%f treated differently, gnu vs uu
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported commands, comparing the uutils date output for +%f with gnudate +%f. Trace the date formatting implementation from the date command entry point and identify how the %f directive is handled. Done means the behavior is consistent with the intended GNU compatibility result and is covered by a regression test.
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Description
Hi, uutils mainteners, i hope you doing well
I saw a divergence between gnu and uu
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ ./date +%f
63213001
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ ./date +%f
993492453
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ ./date +%f
345293349
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ ./date +%f
700997118
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ ./date +%f
123982302
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ ./date +%f
481038326
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ ./date +%f
809741571
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ ./date +%f
145789226
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ gnudate +%f
%f
That is the weird behavior of uu, everytime i get a random number, i want hear is it a feature or a weird problem?
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