2 # Ensure that a command like
3 # `date --date="21:04 +0100" +%S' always prints `00'.
4 # Before coreutils-5.2.1, it would print the seconds from the current time.
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21 if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
30 # It would be easier simply to sleep for two seconds between two runs
31 # of `date --date="21:04 +0100" +%S` and ensure that both outputs
32 # are `00', but I prefer not to sleep unconditionally. `make check'
33 # takes long enough as it is.
36 # See if the current number of seconds is `00' or just before.
44 # If necessary, wait for the system clock to pass the minute mark.
45 test $n = 0 || sleep $n
47 s=`date --date="21:04 +0100" +%S`