Re: Problem with date format (stupid question?)

[Eric Siegerman]

On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 12:06:52PM +0200, Ruediger Bodack wrote:
> cvs -q update -D "08/02/01 9:40:00"
> cvs [server aborted]: Can't parse date/time: 2 Aug 2001 07:40:00
> -0000      
> 
> 
> My version is:
> Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.10.8 (client/server)     

Looks like a client/server thing.  I tried the same command line
(plus a prefix -n, but that should be pretty innocuous) in 1.10.8
non-c/s, and it worked.

When I use the date it's complaining about:
        cvs -nq update "-D 2 Aug 2001 07:40:00 -0000"
That succeeds too.

(I didn't check that these commands produced correct results ...
just that they didn't spit out any error messages.)

What CVS version on the server? (I presume the quoted version
string is from the client).

1.10.8 is pretty old; try upgrading.

> I was the guy who promoted cvs in our project, now everyone keeps me
> responsible for his inability to use cvs (which of course he thinks is a
> cvs bug).

I hate when that happens :-)

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