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bug(date): -d - interpreted differently gnu vs uu #12919

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Hi, uutils mainteners

those two versions uu and gnu interept the -d - option completly differently as our test confirms

relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ ./date -d -
Tue Jun 16 08:24:18 AM EDT 2026
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ gnudate -d -
Tue Jun 16 12:00:00 AM EDT 2026
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ 

that is interesting, the gnu one is correct behavior, uu one i do'nt where comes from

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