# HG changeset patch
# User Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
# Date 1086548159 0
# Node ID 033d299cab29a01b6e78912c8a0fd8427a977bcc
# Parent  16347793332c6f0602351e5264232b2bed141ba5
* getdate.y (yylex): Allow space between sign and number.

diff --git a/lib/ChangeLog b/lib/ChangeLog
--- a/lib/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-06-06  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+	* getdate.y (yylex): Allow space between sign and number.
+	Problem reported by Dan Jacobson.
+
 2004-06-01  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
        and  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
diff --git a/lib/getdate.y b/lib/getdate.y
--- a/lib/getdate.y
+++ b/lib/getdate.y
@@ -844,7 +844,8 @@
 	  if (c == '-' || c == '+')
 	    {
 	      sign = c == '-' ? -1 : 1;
-	      c = *++pc->input;
+	      while (c = *++pc->input, ISSPACE (c))
+		continue;
 	      if (! ISDIGIT (c))
 		/* skip the '-' sign */
 		continue;