Set the tm_isdst flag to -1 before calling mktime(). Otherwise, the current

timezone setting is used for the new date.

diff --git a/coreutils/date.c b/coreutils/date.c
index 6e7aa1f0ce98eea3fe7a07fbf76012f42163c8c4..7d14ec325ce3d1a6568eb519c7fab4776fd3831b 100644 (file)
--- a/coreutils/date.c
+++ b/coreutils/date.c
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ int date_main(int argc, char **argv)
                }
 
                /* Correct any day of week and day of year etc. fields */
+               tm_time.tm_isdst = -1;  /* Be sure to recheck dst. */
                tm = mktime(&tm_time);
                if (tm < 0) {
                        bb_error_msg_and_die(bb_msg_invalid_date, date_str);