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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2002-09-13 09:18:18 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2002-09-13 09:18:18 +0000
commita59ff019de186b32e0da2d62fef6d07791a0bc3a (patch)
treefab65cf40c29e6a11c4ddc496f5ca080b5e17f1a
parent4de67de0af0cb67d5c1461c0fb9bb8395c054050 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-a59ff019de186b32e0da2d62fef6d07791a0bc3a.tar.xz
(usage): Explain that %S's range of [0..60] is required --
rather than 0..59 -- to accommodate the occasional positive leap second.
-rw-r--r--src/date.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/date.c b/src/date.c
index bf1332b7a..aa207464c 100644
--- a/src/date.c
+++ b/src/date.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ specifies Coordinated Universal Time. Interpreted sequences are:\n\
%s seconds since `00:00:00 1970-01-01 UTC' (a GNU extension)\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
- %S second (00..60)\n\
+ %S second (00..60); the 60 is necessary to accommodate a leap second\n\
%t a horizontal tab\n\
%T time, 24-hour (hh:mm:ss)\n\
%u day of week (1..7); 1 represents Monday\n\