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Re: 1.5.25: bug in touch statement


Philippe <jwphubert <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I've found an interesting behaviour with this command on my Windows 7 64bits 
> system.  It seems that there is a bug, or that we should change the 
> documentation... But I can get around with the following date/time format:
> 
> MMddhhmmyy
> 
> where
> 
> MM: Month (01-12)
> dd: day (01-31)
> hh: hours (00-23)
> mm: minutes (00-59)
> yy: 2 digit year
> 
> yy is interesting.  00 to 37 yields 2000 to 2037.  70 to 99 yields 1970 to 
> 1999.  38 to 69 leaves the date unchanged, even for new correct time, day or 
> month.
> 
> hh has another twist.  It will change time an hour MORE than what specified 
on 
> the command line.  If you want the file date to be 9AM, you enter 08.  
Another 
> twist, if you specify 1231235511, the file date will be 2012 dec 31, 00h55, 
an 
> hour later than the one specified.
> 
> Philippe
> 
> 
Sorry, little mistake.  On my previous post, your should read:

"Another twist, if you specify 1231235511, the file date will be 2012 jan 01, 
00h55, an hour later than the one specified."





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