bug in date?

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Due to IST, there was no such time as "27 MAR 2009 02:54:00".
$ date -s "27 MAR 2009 02:14:00"
date: invalid date `27 MAR 2009 02:14:00'
$ date -s "27 MAR 2009 02:01:00"
date: invalid date `27 MAR 2009 02:01:00'

--- On Fri, 3/27/09, Hetz Ben Hamo <hetzbh at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Hetz Ben Hamo <hetzbh at gmail.com>
> Subject: bug in date?
> To: "linux-il" <linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il>
> Date: Friday, March 27, 2009, 1:56 AM
> Hi,
> 
> Take a look at this:
> 
> # date -s "27 MAR 2009 02:54:00"
> date: invalid date `27 MAR 2009 02:54:00'
> 
> However..
> 
> # date -s "27 MAR 2009 03:00:00"
> Fri Mar 27 03:00:00 IDT 2009
> 
> Why is it invalid??
> 
> Thanks,
> Hetz
> -- 
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