From: Gabriel <gnu@gabriels.cloud>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026 16:01:44 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: date: add tests and NEWS for dd.mm.yy support
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date: add tests and NEWS for dd.mm.yy support

* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* tests/date/date.pl: Add test cases.
---

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a696b636f6..2af46eac30 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   'kill --help' now has links to valid anchors in the html manual.
   [bug introduced in coreutils-9.10]
 
+** New Features
+
+  'date --date' now parses dot delimited dd.mm.yy format common in Europe.
+  This is in addition to the already supported mm/dd/yy and yy-mm-dd formats.
+
 ** Build-related
 
   ./configure --enable-single-binary=hardlinks is now supported on systems
diff --git a/tests/date/date.pl b/tests/date/date.pl
index 8a5e57363f..5be04637c8 100755
--- a/tests/date/date.pl
+++ b/tests/date/date.pl
@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@ my @Tests =
      ['moname-d-y', '--iso -d May-23-2003', {OUT=>"2003-05-23"}],
      ['moname-d-y-r', '--rfc-3339=date -d May-23-2003', {OUT=>"2003-05-23"}],
 
+     # Ensure we can parse DAY.MONTH.YEAR and its short form DAY.MONTH.
+     ['european-0', "-I -d '24.01.2026'", {OUT=>"2026-01-24"}],
+     ['european-1', "-I -d '24.1.2026'", {OUT=>"2026-01-24"}],
+     ['european-2', "-d '24.01.' +%m-%d", {OUT=>"01-24"}],
+     ['european-3', "-d '1.2.' +%m-%d", {OUT=>"02-01"}],
+
      ['epoch', '--iso=sec -d @31536000',
       {OUT=>"1971-01-01T00:00:00+00:00"}],
      ['epoch-r', '--rfc-3339=sec -d @31536000',