Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>:
Bug#57027; Package shellutils.   debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.orgWichert Akkerman  Subject: Bug#57027: shellutils: year 2038 bug Reply-To: adrian.bridgett@iname.com, 57027@bugs.debian.org Resent-From: Adrian Bridgett Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org Resent-CC: Wichert Akkerman Resent-Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 19:03:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@bugs.debian.org X-Debian-PR-Message: report 57027 X-Debian-PR-Package: shellutils X-Debian-PR-Keywords: X-Loop: owner@bugs.debian.org Received: via spool by bugs@bugs.debian.org id=B.94968769627247 (code B ref -1); Fri, 04 Feb 2000 19:03:02 GMT Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 20:51:26 +0000 From: Adrian Bridgett To: submit@bugs.debian.org Message-ID: <20000202205126.A5536@wyvern> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/1.0.1i Package: shellutils Version: 2.0-4 Severity: wishlist [a program of mine is converting 2 digit dates to four digit dates by prepending the first two chars of the current year to it. I ran it on an old email] ~$ date --date "12/15/2037" Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 GMT 2037 ~$ date --date "12/15/2038" date: invalid date 12/15/2038' Ugh! I think wishlist is fairly appropriate :-) Adrian email: adrian.bridgett@iname.com, http://www.poboxes.com/adrian.bridgett Windows NT - Unix in beta-testing. PGP key available on public key servers Debian GNU/Linux -*- because I'm allergic to Prozac -*- www.debian.org   Acknowledgement sent to adrian.bridgett@iname.com:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>.   -t  From: owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) To: adrian.bridgett@iname.com Subject: Bug#57027: Acknowledgement (shellutils: year 2038 bug) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20000202205126.A5536@wyvern> References: <20000202205126.A5536@wyvern> X-Debian-PR-Message: ack 57027 Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. Your message has been sent to the package maintainer(s): Wichert Akkerman If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to 57027@bugs.debian.org (and *not* to bugs@bugs.debian.org). Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the Bug-tracking system. Darren Benham (administrator, Debian Bugs database)   Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 4 Feb 2000 18:08:16 +0000 Received: (qmail 27234 invoked from network); 4 Feb 2000 18:08:15 -0000 Received: from mail12.svr.pol.co.uk (195.92.193.215) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 4 Feb 2000 18:08:15 -0000 Received: from modem-40.armenelos.dialup.pol.co.uk ([62.136.125.40] helo=wyvern) by mail12.svr.pol.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.13 #0) id 12Gn9R-0003HP-00 for submit@bugs.debian.org; Fri, 04 Feb 2000 18:08:13 +0000 Received: from bridgett by wyvern with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 12G6kI-0001RP-00; Wed, 02 Feb 2000 20:51:26 +0000 Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 20:51:26 +0000 From: Adrian Bridgett To: submit@bugs.debian.org Subject: shellutils: year 2038 bug Message-ID: <20000202205126.A5536@wyvern> Reply-To: adrian.bridgett@iname.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/1.0.1i Package: shellutils Version: 2.0-4 Severity: wishlist [a program of mine is converting 2 digit dates to four digit dates by prepending the first two chars of the current year to it. I ran it on an old email] ~$ date --date "12/15/2037" Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 GMT 2037 ~$ date --date "12/15/2038" date: invalid date 12/15/2038' Ugh! I think wishlist is fairly appropriate :-) Adrian email: adrian.bridgett@iname.com, http://www.poboxes.com/adrian.bridgett Windows NT - Unix in beta-testing. PGP key available on public key servers Debian GNU/Linux -*- because I'm allergic to Prozac -*- www.debian.org   Information forwarded to Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org>:
Bug#57027; Package shellutils.   Michael Stone  Subject: Bug#57027: shellutils: year 2038 bug Reply-To: "H. Nanosecond" , 57027-maintonly@bugs.debian.org Resent-From: "H. Nanosecond" Resent-To: Michael Stone Resent-Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 06:05:32 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@bugs.debian.org X-Debian-PR-Message: report 57027 X-Debian-PR-Package: shellutils X-Debian-PR-Keywords: X-Loop: owner@bugs.debian.org Received: via spool by 57027-maintonly@bugs.debian.org id=M57027.96839104915539 (code M ref 57027); Fri, 08 Sep 2000 06:05:32 GMT Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 01:30:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200009080530.BAA05035@smtp10.atl.mindspring.net> To: 57027-maintonly@bugs.debian.org X-Mailer: Emacs 20.2 (smtpmail + M-x mail) From: "H. Nanosecond" Delivered-To: 57027-maintonly@bugs.debian.org Also it overflows with no warning: []$ ./date -d "1970-01-01 UTC 2146917801 sec " -u Tue Jan 12 14:03:21 UTC 2038 []$ ./date -d "1970-01-01 UTC 2156917801 sec " -u Wed Apr 2 01:21:45 UTC 1902 2^32 = 4294967296 []$ ./date -d '1970-01-01 UTC 4294967294 sec ' Wed Dec 31 18:59:58 EST 1969 []$ ./date -d '1970-01-01 UTC 4294967295 sec ' ./date: invalid date `1970-01-01 UTC 4294967295 sec ' []$ ./date -d '1970-01-01 UTC 4294967296 sec ' Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 EST 1969 []$ ./date --version date (GNU sh-utils) 2.0i Written by David MacKenzie. Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. []$   Acknowledgement sent to "H. Nanosecond" <aldomel@ix.netcom.com>:
Extra info received and forwarded to maintainer. Copy sent to Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org>.   -t  From: owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) To: "H. Nanosecond" Subject: Bug#57027: Info received for maintainer only (was shellutils: year 2038 bug) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <200009080530.BAA05035@smtp10.atl.mindspring.net> References: <200009080530.BAA05035@smtp10.atl.mindspring.net> X-Debian-PR-Message: ack-info 57027 Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developer(s) (but not to the mailing list) to accompany the original report. Your message has been sent to the package maintainer(s): Michael Stone If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please send it to 57027-maintonly@bugs.debian.org, as before. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the Bug-tracking system. Darren Benham (administrator, Debian Bugs database)   Received: (at 57027-maintonly) by bugs.debian.org; 8 Sep 2000 05:30:49 +0000 From aldomel@ix.netcom.com Fri Sep 08 00:30:49 2000 Return-path: Received: from smtp10.atl.mindspring.net [::ffff:207.69.200.246] by master.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 1 (Debian)) id 13XGkT-00042Z-00; Fri, 08 Sep 2000 00:30:49 -0500 Received: from me.x.ix.netcom.com (user-2injj2s.dialup.mindspring.com [165.121.204.92]) by smtp10.atl.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA05035 for <57027-maintonly@bugs.debian.org>; Fri, 8 Sep 2000 01:30:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 01:30:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200009080530.BAA05035@smtp10.atl.mindspring.net> To: 57027-maintonly@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: shellutils: year 2038 bug X-Mailer: Emacs 20.2 (smtpmail + M-x mail) From: "H. Nanosecond" Delivered-To: 57027-maintonly@bugs.debian.org Also it overflows with no warning: []$ ./date -d "1970-01-01 UTC 2146917801 sec " -u Tue Jan 12 14:03:21 UTC 2038 []$ ./date -d "1970-01-01 UTC 2156917801 sec " -u Wed Apr 2 01:21:45 UTC 1902 2^32 = 4294967296 []$ ./date -d '1970-01-01 UTC 4294967294 sec ' Wed Dec 31 18:59:58 EST 1969 []$ ./date -d '1970-01-01 UTC 4294967295 sec ' ./date: invalid date `1970-01-01 UTC 4294967295 sec ' []$ ./date -d '1970-01-01 UTC 4294967296 sec ' Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 EST 1969 []$ ./date --version date (GNU sh-utils) 2.0i Written by David MacKenzie. Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. []$   Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org>, coreutils@packages.qa.debian.org:
Bug#57027; Package shellutils.   debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.orgMichael Stone coreutils@packages.qa.debian.org  X-Loop: owner@bugs.debian.org Subject: Bug#57027: still bugs Reply-To: Thomas Hood , 57027@bugs.debian.org Resent-From: Thomas Hood Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org Resent-CC: Michael Stone , coreutils@packages.qa.debian.org Resent-Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 16:19:42 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@bugs.debian.org X-Debian-PR-Message: report 57027 X-Debian-PR-Package: shellutils X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool by 57027-submit@bugs.debian.org id=B57027.103296905129767 (code B ref 57027); Wed, 25 Sep 2002 16:19:42 GMT From: Thomas Hood To: 57027@bugs.debian.org Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.7 Date: 25 Sep 2002 17:50:29 +0200 Message-Id: <1032969030.1670.56.camel@thanatos> Mime-Version: 1.0 Delivered-To: 57027@bugs.debian.org (Testing two years later ...) Both are still bugs in shellutils 2.0.11-11: jdthood@thanatos:~$ /bin/date -d "1970-01-01 UTC 2156917801 sec " -u Wed Apr 2 01:21:45 UTC 1902 jdthood@thanatos:~$ date --date "12/15/2038" date: invalid date `12/15/2038'   Acknowledgement sent to Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org>, coreutils@packages.qa.debian.org.   -t  X-Loop: owner@bugs.debian.org From: owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) To: Thomas Hood Subject: Bug#57027: Info received (was still bugs) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1032969030.1670.56.camel@thanatos> References: <1032969030.1670.56.camel@thanatos> X-Debian-PR-Message: ack-info 57027 X-Reply-To-disabled-by-doogie-because-it-can-wreak-havoc: 57027@bugs.debian.org Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developer(s) and to the developers mailing list to accompany the original report. Your message has been sent to the package maintainer(s): Michael Stone If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please send it to 57027@bugs.debian.org, as before. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the Bug-tracking system. Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database)   Received: (at 57027) by bugs.debian.org; 25 Sep 2002 15:50:51 +0000 From jdthood@yahoo.co.uk Wed Sep 25 10:50:51 2002 Return-path: Received: from smtp06.wxs.nl [195.121.6.58] by master.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 1 (Debian)) id 17uER9-0007iL-00; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 10:50:51 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([213.75.114.93]) by smtp06.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id H303ZW00.ZUF for <57027@bugs.debian.org>; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 17:50:20 +0200 Subject: still bugs From: Thomas Hood To: 57027@bugs.debian.org Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.7 Date: 25 Sep 2002 17:50:29 +0200 Message-Id: <1032969030.1670.56.camel@thanatos> Mime-Version: 1.0 Delivered-To: 57027@bugs.debian.org (Testing two years later ...) Both are still bugs in shellutils 2.0.11-11: jdthood@thanatos:~$ /bin/date -d "1970-01-01 UTC 2156917801 sec " -u Wed Apr 2 01:21:45 UTC 1902 jdthood@thanatos:~$ date --date "12/15/2038" date: invalid date `12/15/2038'   Changed Bug title. Request was from Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk> to control@bugs.debian.org.   Received: (at control) by bugs.debian.org; 24 Dec 2005 21:25:28 +0000 From jdthood@yahoo.co.uk Sat Dec 24 13:25:28 2005 Return-path: Received: from smtp-out0.tiscali.nl ([195.241.79.175]) by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EqGtM-0002GZ-Ia; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:25:28 -0800 Received: from [82.171.132.56] (helo=82-171-132-56.dsl.ip.tiscali.nl) by smtp-out0.tiscali.nl with esmtp (Tiscali http://www.tiscali.nl) id 1EqGtL-0002O0-Ty; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 22:25:27 +0100 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by 82-171-132-56.dsl.ip.tiscali.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C57ABFA72; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 23:25:30 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <43ADCAD9.2030305@yahoo.co.uk> Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 23:25:29 +0100 From: Thomas Hood User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051013) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: 57027-submitter@bugs.debian.org CC: "H. Nanosecond" Subject: behavior unchanged X-Enigmail-Version: 0.92.1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Delivered-To: control@bugs.debian.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,VALID_BTS_CONTROL autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 retitle 57027 coreutils: date: year 2038 is invalid date found 57027 5.93-5 stop $ date --version date (GNU coreutils) 5.93 $ date --date "12/15/2037" Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 CET 2037 $ date --date "12/15/2038" date: invalid date `12/15/2038' The other bug is fixed; instead of overflowing to an earlier date an error message is generated. jdthood@turmeric:/$ date -u -d "1970-01-01 UTC 2147480000 sec " Tue Jan 19 02:13:20 UTC 2038 jdthood@turmeric:/$ date -u -d "1970-01-01 UTC 2147490000 sec " date: invalid date `1970-01-01 UTC 2147490000 sec '   Bug marked as found in version 5.93-5. Request was from Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk> to control@bugs.debian.org.   Received: (at control) by bugs.debian.org; 24 Dec 2005 21:25:28 +0000 From jdthood@yahoo.co.uk Sat Dec 24 13:25:28 2005 Return-path: Received: from smtp-out0.tiscali.nl ([195.241.79.175]) by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EqGtM-0002GZ-Ia; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:25:28 -0800 Received: from [82.171.132.56] (helo=82-171-132-56.dsl.ip.tiscali.nl) by smtp-out0.tiscali.nl with esmtp (Tiscali http://www.tiscali.nl) id 1EqGtL-0002O0-Ty; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 22:25:27 +0100 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by 82-171-132-56.dsl.ip.tiscali.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C57ABFA72; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 23:25:30 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <43ADCAD9.2030305@yahoo.co.uk> Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 23:25:29 +0100 From: Thomas Hood User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051013) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: 57027-submitter@bugs.debian.org CC: "H. Nanosecond" Subject: behavior unchanged X-Enigmail-Version: 0.92.1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Delivered-To: control@bugs.debian.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,VALID_BTS_CONTROL autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 retitle 57027 coreutils: date: year 2038 is invalid date found 57027 5.93-5 stop $ date --version date (GNU coreutils) 5.93 $ date --date "12/15/2037" Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 CET 2037 $ date --date "12/15/2038" date: invalid date `12/15/2038' The other bug is fixed; instead of overflowing to an earlier date an error message is generated. jdthood@turmeric:/$ date -u -d "1970-01-01 UTC 2147480000 sec " Tue Jan 19 02:13:20 UTC 2038 jdthood@turmeric:/$ date -u -d "1970-01-01 UTC 2147490000 sec " date: invalid date `1970-01-01 UTC 2147490000 sec '   Message sent on to adrian.bridgett@iname.com:
Bug#57027.   adrian.bridgett@iname.com  X-Loop: owner@bugs.debian.org Subject: Bug#57027: behavior unchanged Reply-To: Thomas Hood , 57027-quiet@bugs.debian.org Resent-To: adrian.bridgett@iname.com Resent-Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 21:33:27 UTC Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@bugs.debian.org X-Debian-PR-Message: report 57027 X-Debian-PR-Package: shellutils X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool by 57027-submitter@bugs.debian.org id=U57027.11354595288735 (code U ref 57027); Sat, 24 Dec 2005 21:33:27 UTC Received: (at 57027-submitter) by bugs.debian.org; 24 Dec 2005 21:25:28 +0000 Received: from smtp-out0.tiscali.nl ([195.241.79.175]) by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EqGtM-0002GZ-Ia; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:25:28 -0800 Received: from [82.171.132.56] (helo=82-171-132-56.dsl.ip.tiscali.nl) by smtp-out0.tiscali.nl with esmtp (Tiscali http://www.tiscali.nl) id 1EqGtL-0002O0-Ty; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 22:25:27 +0100 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by 82-171-132-56.dsl.ip.tiscali.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C57ABFA72; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 23:25:30 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <43ADCAD9.2030305@yahoo.co.uk> Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 23:25:29 +0100 From: Thomas Hood User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051013) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: 57027-submitter@bugs.debian.org CC: "H. Nanosecond" X-Enigmail-Version: 0.92.1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,VALID_BTS_CONTROL autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 X-CrossAssassin-Score: 2 retitle 57027 coreutils: date: year 2038 is invalid date found 57027 5.93-5 stop $ date --version date (GNU coreutils) 5.93 $ date --date "12/15/2037" Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 CET 2037 $ date --date "12/15/2038" date: invalid date `12/15/2038' The other bug is fixed; instead of overflowing to an earlier date an error message is generated. jdthood@turmeric:/$ date -u -d "1970-01-01 UTC 2147480000 sec " Tue Jan 19 02:13:20 UTC 2038 jdthood@turmeric:/$ date -u -d "1970-01-01 UTC 2147490000 sec " date: invalid date `1970-01-01 UTC 2147490000 sec '   Received: (at 57027-submitter) by bugs.debian.org; 24 Dec 2005 21:25:28 +0000 From jdthood@yahoo.co.uk Sat Dec 24 13:25:28 2005 Return-path: Received: from smtp-out0.tiscali.nl ([195.241.79.175]) by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EqGtM-0002GZ-Ia; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:25:28 -0800 Received: from [82.171.132.56] (helo=82-171-132-56.dsl.ip.tiscali.nl) by smtp-out0.tiscali.nl with esmtp (Tiscali http://www.tiscali.nl) id 1EqGtL-0002O0-Ty; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 22:25:27 +0100 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by 82-171-132-56.dsl.ip.tiscali.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C57ABFA72; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 23:25:30 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <43ADCAD9.2030305@yahoo.co.uk> Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 23:25:29 +0100 From: Thomas Hood User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051013) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: 57027-submitter@bugs.debian.org CC: "H. Nanosecond" Subject: behavior unchanged X-Enigmail-Version: 0.92.1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,VALID_BTS_CONTROL autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 X-CrossAssassin-Score: 2 retitle 57027 coreutils: date: year 2038 is invalid date found 57027 5.93-5 stop $ date --version date (GNU coreutils) 5.93 $ date --date "12/15/2037" Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 CET 2037 $ date --date "12/15/2038" date: invalid date `12/15/2038' The other bug is fixed; instead of overflowing to an earlier date an error message is generated. jdthood@turmeric:/$ date -u -d "1970-01-01 UTC 2147480000 sec " Tue Jan 19 02:13:20 UTC 2038 jdthood@turmeric:/$ date -u -d "1970-01-01 UTC 2147490000 sec " date: invalid date `1970-01-01 UTC 2147490000 sec '