---
layout: post
title: "Jekyll bug: incorrect timestamp"
date: 2017-09-06 22:10:00 +0800
---
Automating the posting process on [shitpost](/shitpost), I have discovered
a bug in Jekyll. If the post timestamp is exactly the same as the system
time (correct to the nearest second), and the jekyll process is running with
the `--watch` flag, then the post will be built with an incorrect timestamp,
namely midnight on the current date.

Example: Having `jekyll build --watch` running, run the following:

    cat << EOF > _posts/$(date -I)-test.md
    ---    
    layout: post
    title: test
    date: $(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z")
    ---
    test
    EOF

Instead of e.g. 2017-09-06 22:10:00 +0800, the timestamp will show
2017-09-06 00:00:00 +0800.

Too lazy to write up a formal bug report, I used a `sleep 1` as a
workaround in my automation script.