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FYI: date --help: add two brief examples
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Jim Meyering |
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FYI: date --help: add two brief examples |
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Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:13:08 +0100 |
FYI, just checked in:
2007-02-23 Ed Santiago <address@hidden>
* src/date.c (usage): Mention that --rfc-3339 uses space, not 'T',
for a separator. Include sample RFC 2822 and 3339 output.
diff --git a/src/date.c b/src/date.c
index c4e159e..3b25615 100644
--- a/src/date.c
+++ b/src/date.c
@@ -142,10 +142,13 @@ Display the current time in the given FORMAT, or set the
system date.\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
-r, --reference=FILE display the last modification time of FILE\n\
- -R, --rfc-2822 output date and time in RFC 2822 format\n\
+ -R, --rfc-2822 output date and time in RFC 2822 format.\n\
+ Example: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:34:56 -0600\n\
--rfc-3339=TIMESPEC output date and time in RFC 3339 format.\n\
TIMESPEC=`date', `seconds', or `ns' for\n\
date and time to the indicated precision.\n\
+ Date and time components are separated by\n\
+ a single space: 2006-08-07 12:34:56-06:00\n\
-s, --set=STRING set time described by STRING\n\
-u, --utc, --universal print or set Coordinated Universal Time\n\
"), stdout);
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