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[Eduardo <ebatista@xxxxxxxxx>]

It happens on Ubuntu 14.04 too.

# date
Sun Oct 18 02:08:18 BRST 2015

# date --date=2015-10-18
date: invalid date ‘2015-10-18’


# date --date=2015-10-19
Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 BRST 2015

# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
Release:        14.04
Codename:       trusty

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/354793

Title:
  date returns "invalid date" for some timezone's DST

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in coreutils package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in apt source package in Dapper:
  Fix Released
Status in coreutils source package in Dapper:
  Won't Fix
Status in apt source package in Gutsy:
  Won't Fix
Status in coreutils source package in Gutsy:
  Won't Fix
Status in apt source package in Hardy:
  Fix Released
Status in coreutils source package in Hardy:
  Won't Fix
Status in apt source package in Intrepid:
  Fix Released
Status in coreutils source package in Intrepid:
  Won't Fix
Status in apt source package in Jaunty:
  Fix Released
Status in coreutils source package in Jaunty:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Date command gives an error when trying to get a day that starts the
  daylight saving time. Examples:

  $ date --date=2008-10-18
  Sáb Out 18 00:00:00 BRT 2008
  $ date --date=2008-10-19
  date: data inválida "2008-10-19"
  $ date --date=2008-10-20
  Seg Out 20 00:00:00 BRST 2008

  $ date --date=2009-10-17
  Sáb Out 17 00:00:00 BRT 2009
  $ date --date=2009-10-18
  date: data inválida "2009-10-18"
  $ date --date=2009-10-19
  Seg Out 19 00:00:00 BRST 2009

  I checked this as a security bug as this can cause scripts to fail.
  For example, cron's apt script fails if update-stamp is in this day,
  causing the system to never more update periodically. In other words:
  Many servers can be out of date because of this bug.

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