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@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
stat's %X, %Y, and %Z directives once again print only the integer
part of seconds since the epoch. This reverts a change from
coreutils-8.6, that was deemed unnecessarily disruptive. To obtain
- a full resolution time stamp for %X, use %.X; if you want (say) just
- 3 fractional digits, use %.3X. Likewise for %Y and %Z.
+ a nanosecond-precision floating point time stamp for %X use %.X;
+ if you want (say) just 3 fractional digits, use %.3X. Likewise
+ for %Y and %Z.
stat's new %W format directive would print floating point seconds.
However, with the above change to %X, %Y and %Z, we've made %W work