coreutils: date return 2005-03-01 for --date "last month" http://bugs.debian.org/301972
The quoted manual says that -1 month might actually lie in the current month. It doesn't say that date can't subtract one from the current month to give the first day of the previous month (are there even any cases where the 1st doesn't exist?). This still seems like a real bug; Bob, do you really consider it "wontfix"? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]