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date: Fix Error message missing '+' for format string after valid d flag#10982

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date: Fix Error message missing '+' for format string after valid d flag#10982
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After passing a valid date with --date a user can provide a Format string. If this string is not starting with a '+' a specific error message is printed.

Fix: #10920

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GNU testsuite comparison:

Skipping an intermittent issue tests/tail/inotify-dir-recreate (passes in this run but fails in the 'main' branch)
Congrats! The gnu test tests/misc/io-errors is no longer failing!
Note: The gnu test tests/pr/bounded-memory is now being skipped but was previously passing.

@cerdelen cerdelen changed the title date: Fix Errors message missing '+' for format string after valid d flag date: Fix Error message missing '+' for format string after valid d flag Feb 16, 2026
Co-authored-by: Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>
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GNU testsuite comparison:

Skip an intermittent issue tests/pr/bounded-memory (fails in this run but passes in the 'main' branch)
Note: The gnu test tests/cp/link-heap is now being skipped but was previously passing.
Note: The gnu test tests/unexpand/bounded-memory is now being skipped but was previously passing.

@cakebaker cakebaker merged commit b439534 into uutils:main Feb 17, 2026
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Thanks!

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