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diff --git a/doc/getdate.texi b/doc/getdate.texi index 80a75f13e..8b83a67a5 100644 --- a/doc/getdate.texi +++ b/doc/getdate.texi @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ specified differently, depending on whether the month is specified numerically or literally. All these strings specify the same calendar date: @example -1970-9-17 # ISO 8601. +1970-09-17 # ISO 8601. 70-9-17 # This century assumed by default. 70-09-17 # Leading zeros are ignored. 9/17/72 # Common U.S. writing. @@ -120,9 +120,10 @@ Here are the rules. @cindex date format, ISO 8601 For numeric months, the ISO 8601 format @samp{@var{year}-@var{month}-@var{day}} is allowed, where @var{year} is -any positive number, @var{month} is a number between 1 and 12, and -@var{day} is a number between 1 and 31. If @var{year} is less than 100, -then 1900 is added to it to force a date in this century. The construct +any positive number, @var{month} is a number between 01 and 12, and +@var{day} is a number between 01 and 31. A leading zero must be present +if a number is less than ten. If @var{year} is less than 100, then 1900 +is added to it to force a date in this century. The construct @samp{@var{month}/@var{day}/@var{year}}, popular in the United States, is accepted. Also @samp{@var{month}/@var{day}}, omitting the year. |