From d98da55f1d39e9df1be9846c77ab0935953a79f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 12:55:08 +0000
Subject: (Examples of date): Give example of @seconds.

---
 doc/coreutils.texi | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index fc1cad2d4..3320a0817 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -12514,6 +12514,14 @@ date -d '1970-01-01 UTC 946684800 seconds' +"%Y-%m-%d %T %z"
 1999-12-31 19:00:00 -0500
 @end smallexample
 
+Or if you do not mind depending on the @samp{@@} feature present since
+coreutils 5.3.0, you could shorten this to:
+
+@smallexample
+date -d @@946684800 +"%F %T %z"
+1999-12-31 19:00:00 -0500
+@end smallexample
+
 Often it is better to output UTC-relative date and time:
 
 @smallexample
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