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gnucompability(date): when -d is "EST EST" it accepted but gnu one rejected it #12875

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Hi, uutils mainteners

that is a compability issue, as our test confirmed

relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ ./date -d "EST EST" 
Sun Jun 14 01:00:00 AM EDT 2026

it accepted while gnu one rejects it

relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ gnudate -d "EST EST" 
gnudate: invalid date ‘EST EST’

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