1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/date.c b/src/date.c
index b521d661d..dbb9d42da 100644
--- a/src/date.c
+++ b/src/date.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* date - print or set the system date and time
-   Copyright (C) 1989-2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1989-2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -355,6 +355,15 @@ argument must be a format string beginning with `+'."),
       usage (1);
     }
 
+  /* Simply ignore --rfc-822 if specified when setting the date.  */
+  if (rfc_format && !set_date && n_args > 0)
+    {
+      error (0, 0,
+	     _("a format string may not be specified when using\
+ the --rfc-822 (-R) option"));
+      usage (1);
+    }
+
   if (set_date)
     datestr = set_datestr;