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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2000-10-26 22:36:39 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2000-10-26 22:36:39 +0000
commit141a1086a2ac778392b0358fb513c9e75193fa1f (patch)
treee594d0e126914fa6636fb313ddb147a860304ac3
parentf74e9bb4834399e6a12778d4bd73f15f7b4cbb7a (diff)
downloadcoreutils-141a1086a2ac778392b0358fb513c9e75193fa1f.tar.xz
(usage): Mention the time zone, UTC, and write the date
in ISO format in the description of %s. Suggestion from Karl Berry.
-rw-r--r--src/date.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/date.c b/src/date.c
index 0904a504e..23a298286 100644
--- a/src/date.c
+++ b/src/date.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ specifies Coordinated Universal Time. Interpreted sequences are:\n\
%%n a newline\n\
%%p locale's AM or PM\n\
%%r time, 12-hour (hh:mm:ss [AP]M)\n\
- %%s seconds since 00:00:00, Jan 1, 1970 (a GNU extension)\n\
+ %%s seconds since `00:00:00 1970-01-01 UTC' (a GNU extension)\n\
%%S second (00..60)\n\
%%t a horizontal tab\n\
%%T time, 24-hour (hh:mm:ss)\n\