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authorjidanni@jidanni.org <jidanni@jidanni.org>2009-01-29 23:04:46 +0800
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2009-02-02 08:40:18 +0100
commitd3dcb10f902ac9f1636aefd38520c50b5fcdc1d5 (patch)
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date doc: warn at -d about LC_TIME
We also warn here about LC_TIME, so the user will know even if he doesn't look in the @xref{Date input formats}.
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@@ -13485,6 +13485,11 @@ format. It can contain month names, time zones, @samp{am} and @samp{pm},
14:19:13.489392193 +0530"} specifies the instant of time that is
489,392,193 nanoseconds after February 27, 2004 at 2:19:13 PM in a
time zone that is 5 hours and 30 minutes east of @acronym{UTC}.@*
+Note: input currently must be in locale independent format. E.g., the
+LC_TIME=C below is needed to print back the correct date in many locales:
+@example
+date -d "$(LC_TIME=C date)"
+@end example
@xref{Date input formats}.
@item -f @var{datefile}