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date: --debug option not yet implemented #7342

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@jfinkels

The date --debug option is not yet implemented. Here's an example of the output:

 TZ=America/Belize date --debug -d 'TZ="Asia/Tokyo" Sun, 90-12-11 + 3 days - 90 minutes' +'%a %b %e %T %z %Y'
date: parsed day part: Sun (day ordinal=0 number=0)
date: parsed date part: (Y-M-D) 0090-12-11
date: parsed relative part: +3 day(s)
date: parsed relative part: +3 day(s) -90 minutes
date: input timezone: TZ="Asia/Tokyo" in date string
date: warning: adjusting year value 90 to 1990
date: warning: using midnight as starting time: 00:00:00
date: warning: day (Sun) ignored when explicit dates are given
date: starting date/time: '(Y-M-D) 1990-12-11 00:00:00'
date: warning: when adding relative days, it is recommended to specify noon
date: after date adjustment (+0 years, +0 months, +3 days),
date:     new date/time = '(Y-M-D) 1990-12-14 00:00:00'
date: '(Y-M-D) 1990-12-14 00:00:00' = 661100400 epoch-seconds
date: after time adjustment (+0 hours, -90 minutes, +0 seconds, +0 ns),
date:     new time = 661095000 epoch-seconds
date: timezone: TZ="Asia/Tokyo" environment value
date: final: 661095000.000000000 (epoch-seconds)
date: final: (Y-M-D) 1990-12-13 13:30:00 (UTC)
date: final: (Y-M-D) 1990-12-13 22:30:00 (UTC+09)
date: output format: ‘%a %b %e %T %z %Y’
Thu Dec 13 07:30:00 -0600 1990

Most of these messages would need to be implemented in the parse_datetime library, where the parsing happens.

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  1. ChrisDryden commented on Feb 15, 2026

    @ChrisDryden
    Collaborator

    The debug flag was just added in #10940 some of the debug messages were added but there is still a bunch more to add

  2. HackingRepo commented on Jun 29, 2026

    @HackingRepo
    Contributor

    @sylvestre --debug have been implemented, close that

  3. sylvestre commented on Jun 29, 2026

    @sylvestre
    SponsorContributor

    we have the flag but we didn't implemented everything. the gnu test doesn't pass

  4. xtqqczze commented on Oct 13, 2026

    @xtqqczze
    Collaborator

    Current output as of 1747ba1:

    $ TZ=America/Belize cargo run -q date --debug -d 'TZ="Asia/Tokyo" Sun, 90-12-11 + 3 days - 90 minutes' +'%a %b %e %T %z %Y'
    date: input string: TZ="Asia/Tokyo" Sun, 90-12-11 + 3 days - 90 minutes
    date: parsed date part: (Y-M-D) 1990-12-13
    date: parsed time part: 07:30:00
    date: input timezone: system default
    Thu Dec 13 07:30:00 -0600 1990
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