When using HISTTIMEFORMAT, the date and the command are run together.

[Enrique Perez-Terron]

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i586
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i586'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i586-pc-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/local/share/locale'
-DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -I.  -I. -I./include -I./lib  
-g -O2
uname output: Linux arabia.home.lan 2.6.6-1.435.2.3 #1 Thu Jul 1
09:11:28 EDT 2004 i586 i586 i386 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: i586-pc-linux-gnu

Bash Version: 3.0
Patch Level: 0
Release Status: release

Description:
        There is no space separating the time and the command in the 
        output from the history builtin command.

Repeat-By:
        $ export HISTTIMEFORMAT=_A_format_string_
        $ history 3
          997  _A_format_string_echo $BASH_VERSION
          998  _A_format_string_export HISTTIMEFORMAT=_A_format_string_
          999  _A_format_string_history 3

Fix:
--- builtins/history.def.orig   2003-12-20 00:02:09.000000000 +0100
+++ builtins/history.def        2004-08-01 18:18:02.652720102 +0200
@@ -287,9 +287,10 @@
          QUIT;
 
          timestr = (histtimefmt && *histtimefmt) ? histtime (hlist[i], 
histtimefmt) : (char *)NULL;
-         printf ("%5d%c %s%s\n", i + history_base,
+         printf ("%5d%c %s%s%s\n", i + history_base,
                  histdata(i) ? '*' : ' ',
                  ((timestr && *timestr) ? timestr : ""),
+                 ((timestr && *timestr) ? " " : ""),
                  histline(i));
          i++;
        }