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date: --date doesn't recognize negative timestamps #6415

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GNU date allows negative timestamps whereas uutils date fails:

$ LC_ALL=C date --date="@-1"
Thu Jan  1 00:59:59 CET 1970

$ cargo run date --date="@-1"
date: invalid date '@-1'

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