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@@ -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.