Date command used in matches option not working on all systems

[fritzrehde]

The date command that is used to convert the date of the matches to the time zone of the user is not working on all systems (e.g. does not work on MacOS).

[fritzrehde]

Unfortunately, this problem is not an easy-to-fix programming mistake. It occurs because different systems (e.g. GNU Linux and MacOS) have different implementations of the date command. The current implementation is developed with the GNU Linux date command in mind.

[fritzrehde]

For now, footy will through an error if it is used on a system that doens't have a date command that works like the GNU Linux version. I will try to add some alternative date command options for other platforms such as MacOS.

[fritzrehde]

The -m matches option doesn't work completely on macOS yet, but -m together with the -r raw option should work now.

[dstar59]

great job!
but date not only problem on mac
xxx:$ footy -l PL -m -10
Error: Invalid days format
Usage: footy [-l | -t | -s | -m <DAYS+/-> | -I | -i | -r | -k | -h]
Try 'footy -h' for more information
xxx:$

my system:
xxxxxx

OS: Slackware 15.0 x86_64 x86_64
Host: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8H67-M
Kernel: 5.15.38
Uptime: 2 days, 2 hours, 16 mins
Packages: 1622 (pkgtool)
Shell: bash 5.1.16
Resolution: 1920x1200
Terminal: /dev/pts/0
CPU: Intel i5-2400S (4) @ 3.300GHz
GPU: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family
Memory: 900MiB / 11674MiB

[fritzrehde]

Even some Linux distros have different date command implementations, currently footy only works with the GNU coreutils date command.

[fritzrehde]

Your problem, however, is because the matches option has changed. You now have to use -m 10- instead of -m -10. See issue #3 and footy -h for more information.