Re: Problem with Date Command

[Jim Meyering]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
> [off-list, since the bulk of the patch is email addresses ;)]
>
> According to Philip Rowlands on 6/5/2008 7:15 AM:
> |> Either the command needs to be changed or the man page needs to be
> |> changed to express what the command actually does.  Any assistance
> |> would be appreciated.
> |
> | I agree that until 2100, it would be better if the manpage gave "20" as
> | the example, or no example at all, but the wording is strictly correct.
>
> Jim, how about the following?

That's a definite improvement.  Pushed.
Thanks!

> Subject: [PATCH] improve 'date +%C' documentation
>
> * src/date.c (usage): Use 20, not 21, for current century.
> * THANKS: Update.
> Reported by Dameon G. Rogers, fix suggested by Philip Rowlands.
> ---
>  THANKS     |    2 ++
>  src/date.c |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
> index feaf463..cb9b098 100644
> --- a/THANKS
> +++ b/THANKS
> @@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ Cray-Cyber Project                  
> http://www.cray-cyber.org
>  Cristian Cadar                      address@hidden
>  Cyril Bouthors                      address@hidden
>  Dale Scheetz                        address@hidden
> +Dameon G. Rogers                    address@hidden
>  Dan Hagerty                         address@hidden
>  Dan Jacobson                        http://www.geocities.com/jidani
>  Dan Pascu                           address@hidden
> @@ -434,6 +435,7 @@ Peter Seebach                       address@hidden
>  Petter Reinholdtsen                 address@hidden
>  Phelippe Neveu                      address@hidden
>  Phil Richards                       address@hidden
> +Philip Rowlands                     address@hidden
>  Philippe De Muyter                  address@hidden
>  Philippe Schnoebelen                address@hidden
>  Phillip Jones                       address@hidden
> diff --git a/src/date.c b/src/date.c
> index 86b3225..aa4d69d 100644
> --- a/src/date.c
> +++ b/src/date.c
> @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ specifies Coordinated Universal Time.  Interpreted 
> sequences are:\n\
>    %c   locale's date and time (e.g., Thu Mar  3 23:05:25 2005)\n\
>  "), stdout);
>        fputs (_("\
> -  %C   century; like %Y, except omit last two digits (e.g., 21)\n\
> +  %C   century; like %Y, except omit last two digits (e.g., 20)\n\
>    %d   day of month (e.g, 01)\n\
>    %D   date; same as %m/%d/%y\n\
>    %e   day of month, space padded; same as %_d\n\