uutils / uutils/coreutils

date: missing modifiers E and O

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Description

This issue is to track the implementation of the E modifiers and the O modifiers. Both of these are locale modifiers and should be added to the locale datetime library parsing and use the jiff-icu library to intercept before being passed to jiff.

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Research direction

Start by locating the locale datetime library parsing used by the date command and review how locale modifiers are handled before values are passed to jiff. Trace the jiff-icu integration, then define completion as supporting both E and O modifiers with the required interception and parsing behavior; no specific files or tests are named.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli, localization
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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