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| author | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2009-09-28 17:32:15 +0100 |
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| committer | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2010-07-01 13:12:52 +0100 |
| commit | 8aa15b2be2bd2ab4b76d197a279abf8b9091680a (patch) | |
| tree | 6a4d05b3b9d2c55875389f24dac5a4c032bca417 /doc | |
| parent | 7336920dd07478b7bdae05ec599da4e2e66a94ff (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-8aa15b2be2bd2ab4b76d197a279abf8b9091680a.tar.xz | |
ls: use the POSIX date style when the locale does not specify one
Previously we defaulted to "long-iso" format in locales without
specific format translations, like the en_* locales for example.
This reverts part of commit 6837183d, 08-11-2005, "ls ... acts like
--time-style='posix-long-iso' if the locale settings are messed up"
* src/ls.c (decode_switches): Only use the ISO format when specified.
* NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
Reported by Daniel Qarras at http://bugzilla.redhat.com/525134
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index f103bd869..5c2bd1a84 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -6927,11 +6927,10 @@ is 80. @node Formatting file timestamps @subsection Formatting file timestamps -By default, file timestamps are listed in abbreviated form. Most -locales use a timestamp like @samp{2002-03-30 23:45}. However, the -default @acronym{POSIX} locale uses a date like @samp{Mar 30@ @ 2002} -for non-recent timestamps, and a date-without-year and time like -@samp{Mar 30 23:45} for recent timestamps. +By default, file timestamps are listed in abbreviated form, using +a date like @samp{Mar 30@ @ 2002} for non-recent timestamps, and a +date-without-year and time like @samp{Mar 30 23:45} for recent timestamps. +This format can change depending on the current locale as detailed below. A timestamp is considered to be @dfn{recent} if it is less than six months old, and is not dated in the future. If a timestamp dated |