Re: add self-test of getdate module

[Jim Meyering]

Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> wrote:
> There seems to be some changes in the getdate module going on, and I
> want to make sure some of the strings that I rely on will continue to
> work so I installed a self test.  Feel free to extend it.
>
> Patching the getdate module could easily introduce unwanted
> side-effects, so getting more complete self-tests seems useful.

Good idea.  Thanks.

While coreutils' date tests do result in a certain amount of test coverage
for getdate.y, having more unit tests in gnulib would certainly be welcome.