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date %k adds extra space for single digits hours

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From: Noam Arad <noam.arad <at> kaltura.com>
To: "bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org" <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: date %k adds extra space for single digits hours
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 09:17:12 +0000

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When using date command with the format %k if the hour is single digits there is an extra space added.
E.g.: date -u +"%Y/%m/%d %k:%M:%S" when run at "2017/12/06 9:16:26" will give the output "2017/12/06  9:16:26"
NOTE: there are two spaces between "06" and "9".

Thanks

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From: Bishop Bettini <bishop.bettini <at> gmail.com>
To: Noam Arad <noam.arad <at> kaltura.com>
Cc: 29589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29589: date %k adds extra space for single digits hours
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 11:49:07 -0500

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On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 4:17 AM, Noam Arad <noam.arad <at> kaltura.com> wrote:

> When using date command with the format %k if the hour is single digits
> there is an extra space added.
> E.g.: date -u +"%Y/%m/%d %k:%M:%S" when run at "2017/12/06 9:16:26" will
> give the output "2017/12/06  9:16:26"
> NOTE: there are two spaces between "06" and "9".
>

This seems expected. Per the documentation as of GNU coreutils 8.22:

       %k     hour, space padded ( 0..23); same as %_H

This is just a pass-thru to strftime under the hood, whose documentation
says:

       %k     The hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number (range 0 to
23);  single  digits  are  preceded  by  a
              blank.  (See also %H.)  (Calculated from tm_hour.)  (TZ)

To format without the space, use %-k:

$ TZ=America/Whitehorse date +'%k'
 8
$ TZ=America/Whitehorse date +'%-k'
8

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From: Noam Arad <noam.arad <at> kaltura.com>
To: Bishop Bettini <bishop.bettini <at> gmail.com>
Cc: "29589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <29589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: bug#29589: date %k adds extra space for single digits hours
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 18:55:01 +0000

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Thanks for the quick reply.
Will use your suggestions.

Noam

From: Bishop Bettini [mailto:bishop.bettini <at> gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 6:49 PM
To: Noam Arad <noam.arad <at> kaltura.com>
Cc: 29589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29589: date %k adds extra space for single digits hours

On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 4:17 AM, Noam Arad <noam.arad <at> kaltura.com<mailto:noam.arad <at> kaltura.com>> wrote:
When using date command with the format %k if the hour is single digits there is an extra space added.
E.g.: date -u +"%Y/%m/%d %k:%M:%S" when run at "2017/12/06 9:16:26" will give the output "2017/12/06  9:16:26"
NOTE: there are two spaces between "06" and "9".

This seems expected. Per the documentation as of GNU coreutils 8.22:

       %k     hour, space padded ( 0..23); same as %_H

This is just a pass-thru to strftime under the hood, whose documentation says:

       %k     The hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number (range 0 to 23);  single  digits  are  preceded  by  a
              blank.  (See also %H.)  (Calculated from tm_hour.)  (TZ)

To format without the space, use %-k:

$ TZ=America/Whitehorse date +'%k'
 8
$ TZ=America/Whitehorse date +'%-k'
8

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From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
Cc: "29589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <29589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#29589: date %k adds extra space for single digits hours
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 20:16:16 -0600

tags 29589 notabug
close 29589
stop

(triaging old bugs)

From: Bishop Bettini [mailto:bishop.bettini <at> gmail.com]
> On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 4:17 AM, Noam Arad  wrote:
> When using date command with the format %k if the hour is single digits there is an extra space added.
> E.g.: date -u +"%Y/%m/%d %k:%M:%S" when run at "2017/12/06 9:16:26" will give the output "2017/12/06  9:16:26"
> NOTE: there are two spaces between "06" and "9".
> 
> This seems expected. Per the documentation as of GNU coreutils 8.22:
> 
>         %k     hour, space padded ( 0..23); same as %_H
> 

On 2017-12-06 11:55 a.m., Noam Arad wrote:
> Thanks for the quick reply. Will use your suggestions.
Given the above, I'm closing this bug.
Discussion can continue by replying to this thread.

-assaf

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