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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/date.x | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/touch.x | 8 |
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2008-01-31 Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> + + Improve wording of date and time man page. + * man/date.x: Improve compact description of the --date=STRING. + * man/touch.x: Likewise. + Suggested by A. Costa. + 2008-01-31 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> Remove alignment constraint from the sha*_read_ctx functions. diff --git a/man/date.x b/man/date.x index c6e3a6570..bbcbafcb6 100644 --- a/man/date.x +++ b/man/date.x @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ date \- print or set the system date and time .\" NOTE: keep this paragraph in sync with the one in touch.x The --date=STRING is a mostly free format human readable date string such as "Sun, 29 Feb 2004 16:21:42 -0800" or "2004-02-29 16:21:42" or -even "next Thursday". If empty the string indicates the beginning of -the day. The string may contain calendar date items, time of day -items, time zone items, day of week items, relative items, and pure -numbers. The date string format is more complex than is easily +even "next Thursday". A date string may contain items indicating +calendar date, time of day, time zone, day of week, relative time, +relative date, and numbers. An empty string indicates the beginning +of the day. The date string format is more complex than is easily documented here but is fully described in the info documentation. diff --git a/man/touch.x b/man/touch.x index 71f405bf6..6c3aac299 100644 --- a/man/touch.x +++ b/man/touch.x @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ touch \- change file timestamps .\" NOTE: keep this paragraph in sync with the one in date.x The --date=STRING is a mostly free format human readable date string such as "Sun, 29 Feb 2004 16:21:42 -0800" or "2004-02-29 16:21:42" or -even "next Thursday". If empty the string indicates the beginning of -the day. The string may contain calendar date items, time of day -items, time zone items, day of week items, relative items, and pure -numbers. The date string format is more complex than is easily +even "next Thursday". A date string may contain items indicating +calendar date, time of day, time zone, day of week, relative time, +relative date, and numbers. An empty string indicates the beginning +of the day. The date string format is more complex than is easily documented here but is fully described in the info documentation. |