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28 changes: 28 additions & 0 deletions tests/by-util/test_date.rs
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Expand Up @@ -1469,3 +1469,31 @@ fn test_date_posix_format_specifiers() {
.stdout_is(format!("{expected}\n"));
}
}

/// Test that %x format specifier respects locale settings
/// This is a regression test for locale-aware date formatting
#[test]
#[ignore = "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rust-coreutils/+bug/2137410"]
#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_vendor = "apple"))]
fn test_date_format_x_locale_aware() {
// With C locale, %x should output MM/DD/YY (US format)
new_ucmd!()
.env("TZ", "UTC")
.env("LC_ALL", "C")
.arg("-d")
.arg("1997-01-19 08:17:48")
.arg("+%x")
.succeeds()
.stdout_is("01/19/97\n");

// With French locale, %x should output DD/MM/YYYY (European format)
// GNU date outputs: 19/01/1997
new_ucmd!()
.env("TZ", "UTC")
.env("LC_ALL", "fr_FR.UTF-8")
.arg("-d")
.arg("1997-01-19 08:17:48")
.arg("+%x")
.succeeds()
.stdout_is("19/01/1997\n");
}
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