>Number:         34055
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       wierd output from date
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jul 22 21:10:00 +0000 2006
>Originator:     Kevin Massey
>Release:        
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
when using a large string on the + option for date it prints strange characters at the end of the date string.
>How-To-Repeat:
date +`perl -e 'print "A" x 9999'`
>Fix:
Index: date.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/bin/date/date.c,v
retrieving revision 1.42
diff -u -r1.42 date.c
--- date.c      22 Jul 2005 14:27:08 -0000      1.42
+++ date.c      22 Jul 2006 20:51:41 -0000
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
        if (*argv && **argv == '+')
                format = *argv + 1;
 
-       (void)strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), format, localtime(&tval));
+       (void)strftime(buf, sizeof(buf)-93, format, localtime(&tval));
        (void)printf("%s\n", buf);
        exit(retval);
        /* NOTREACHED */