coreutils date -ud '-2 weeks' produces error: unexpected argument '-2' found #7515
Description
From the apt test suite:
jak@jak-t14-g3 ~/P/D/apt (solver3) [1]> ~/.cargo/bin/coreutils date -ud '-2 weeks'
error: unexpected argument '-2' found
tip: to pass '-2' as a value, use '-- -2'
Usage: /home/jak/.cargo/bin/coreutils date [OPTION]... [+FORMAT]...
/home/jak/.cargo/bin/coreutils date [OPTION]... [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]]
For more information, try '--help'.
jak@jak-t14-g3 ~/P/D/apt (solver3) [1]> date.coreutils -ud '-2 weeks'
Do 6. Mär 20:31:42 UTC 2025
This is similar to uutils/parse_datetime#127 but at a different level, seems command-line parser is confused that the option value starts with a dash?
These seem to be the only blockers for the apt test suite; there may be more lurking in date and touch, but I had to replace the two due to these 2 bugs, so I haven't found out.