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2006-01-03(General date syntax): Invalid dates are rejected.Paul Eggert
(Time of day items): Mention the possibility of leap seconds. Problem reported by Dr. David Alan Gilbert.
2005-05-11Update copyright date.Paul Eggert
2005-05-11(General date syntax): Don't say that datePaul Eggert
date --iso-8601=ns generates acceptable dates; it doesn't yet.
2004-12-08(Time of day items, Time zone items):Paul Eggert
Describe new formats +00:00, UTC+00:00.
2004-11-16(General date syntax): "next" is 1, not 2.Paul Eggert
Document that "second" isn't allowed as an ordinal number.
2004-10-29Sync from gnulib.Paul Eggert
2004-03-17(General date syntax, Time of day items): Likewise.Jim Meyering
Add copyright notice. Change getdate to get_date when talking about the function name. (Seconds since the Epoch): New section, containing the time_t info moved from Date input formats section, along with new info about the @ syntax. Mention negative time stamps, fractional time stamps, and leap seconds. (General date syntax): Modernize examples a bit to reflect new features. (General date syntax, Relative items in date strings): Use ' rather than " to quote formats. (Time of day items): Add an example with fractional seconds. Describe fractional-second syntax.
2003-08-01(General date syntax): Add --rfc-2822 option to GNU date.Jim Meyering
2003-07-31(Relative items in date strings): Warn about fuzz in relative units.Jim Meyering
2002-05-27Use @acronym in place of most uses of @sc.Jim Meyering
2001-02-17Mention that only English is supported.Jim Meyering
Show how to use "date" so that the output is acceptable to getdate. Mention Z as an abbreviation for UTC.
2000-11-06add Paul here, too.Jim Meyering
2000-10-31Use @sc where appropriate. Document theJim Meyering
ranges of supported times more precisely. Correct menu spacing. Document old Latin 12m/12pm tradition. Remove list of alphabetic time zone names, as it wasn't correct and people shouldn't be relying on it anyway. Relative items also account for non-DST adjustments. Fix some misspellings.
2000-10-26(Authors of getdate): Add Paul Eggert.Jim Meyering
2000-10-26typoJim Meyering
2000-06-08tweak references after Brian's changesJim Meyering
2000-06-08A few typos and minor formatting fixes.Jim Meyering
2000-03-19fix typos (dates not the same)Jim Meyering
2000-03-02make example narrower to avoid `Overfull \hbox ... too wide' warningJim Meyering
1999-11-23(Calendar date item): Correction regarding 0..68/Jim Meyering
69-99 split for 1900 vs 2000. From Peter Moulder.
1998-03-25s/@samp/@email/ for e-mail addressesJim Meyering
1997-07-25big patch from Paul EggertJim Meyering
1997-07-13add ``First, a quote:''Jim Meyering
1997-02-05Dennis Biringer <biringer@textron.mhpcc.af.mil> writes:Jim Meyering
| Please note that Hawaii has no daylight savings time (HDT - Hawaii | Daylight) as stated on page 147 of the tar manual. We are always on Hawaii | Standard Time (HST). | | Also, on page 146, the Alaska-Hawaii Standard zone (AHST) is called | Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time by section 263 of the United States Code. | (http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/260.html). | | Thanks for the effort on the manual, | Dennis | | -- | Dennis Biringer 535 Lipoa Parkway #149 | Dennis.Biringer@textron.mhpcc.af.mil Kihei HI 96753 | biringer@mrtc.org VOICE: 808-874-3206
1996-11-25Fix Franc,ois' name. From Karl B.Jim Meyering
1996-08-29quote via kbJim Meyering
1996-05-10.Jim Meyering
1995-04-04.Jim Meyering
1994-12-04.Jim Meyering