From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:30:01 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: doc: document the date(1) bug with empty format directives
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doc: document the date(1) bug with empty format directives

* NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 58cf776a9e..b82601680c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 ** Bug fixes
 
+  'date' no longer fails with format directives that return an empty string.
+  [bug introduced in coreutils-9.9]
+
   du and ls no longer modify strings returned by getenv.
   POSIX says this is not portable.
   [bug introduced in fileutils-4.1.6]