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Subject: bug#35336: date should respect TIME_STYLE too
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All the other utilities respect the environment variable =E2=80=98TIME_ST=
YLE=E2=80=99,
except date(1) itself! Date should be no different...

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Subject: bug#35336: date should respect TIME_STYLE too
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=E7=A9=8D=E4=B8=B9=E5=B0=BC Dan Jacobson wrote:
> All the other utilities respect the environment variable =E2=80=98TIME_=
STYLE=E2=80=99,
> except date(1) itself! Date should be no different...

I don't think I agree. In hindsight, that environment variable was a mist=
ake and=20
we shouldn't let the mistake propagate elsewhere. Standard utilities shou=
ld=20
minimize their use of nonstandard environment variables.

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