@@ -42,22 +42,28 @@ function check-for-correct-version()

 # Changelog should have:

 # - correct day of week for the date

 # - descending chronological order

+# - whitespaces are ignored while validating dates

 function check-for-bogus-dates()

 {

-  local IFS=$'\n'

-  local prev_epoch_seconds=`date +%s`

-  for entry in `sed -e '1,/%changelog/d' $i | grep '<' | grep '>' | grep '*' | sed 's/^*//g' | sed 's/ \+/ /g'` ; do

-    IFS=$' ' read D m d y s <<< $entry

-    day=`date --date "$m $d $y" +%a`

+  local prev_epoch_seconds=$(date +%s)

+  local D=''

+  local m=''

+  local d=''

+  local y=''

+  local epoch_seconds=''

+  

+  sed -e '1,/%changelog/d' "$1" | grep -v '^[[:space:]]*-' | awk '{printf "%s %s %02d %04d\n", $2, $3, $4, $5}' | \

+  while read D m d y

+  do

+    day=$(date --date="$m $d $y" '+%a')

     if [ "${D}" != "${day}" ]; then

-      echo "ERROR in $1: bogus date in $entry"

-      echo "$m $d $y is $day"

+      echo "ERROR in $1: bogus date $m $d $y found - actual day is $D, but found $day"

       exit 1

     fi

-    epoch_seconds=`date --date "$m $d $y" +%s`

+    epoch_seconds=$(date --date "$m $d $y" +%s)

     if [ $prev_epoch_seconds -lt $epoch_seconds ]; then

       echo "ERROR in $1: %changelog not in descending chronological order"

-      echo "Ascending order starts with $entry"

+      echo "Date validation failed at $D $m $d $y"

       exit 1

     fi

     prev_epoch_seconds=$epoch_seconds