Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.)

[Eike Lantzsch <zp6cge@gmx.net>]

On Friday, 31 March 2017 10:43:50 -04 Stefan Monnier wrote:
> I tried "aptitude install Thursday" and that failed miserably.
> Then I tried with `apt-get`: same result.
> 
> The worst part is that I get the same kinds of failures when I try
> "aptitude install this Thursday" or "aptitude install next Thursday".
> 
> 
>         Stefan "confused about this Debian thing"
> 
it is e.g.:
date -d thursday

or:
date -d next-thursday

or:
date --date='TZ="America/Asuncion" 09:00 next Thu'

or
calendar -w -t 20170406