From 0e9b51d179f869df49f0ad26388ad148be64e62e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 23:57:54 -0800 Subject: date: output "-00" for indeterminate time zone * NEWS: Document this behavior, which comes with recent Gnulib. * doc/coreutils.texi (Formatting file timestamps, du invocation) (Time conversion specifiers, Setting the time, Options for date): Mention when -00 is output for numeric time zones. Be more careful about Internet RFC numbers, ISO 8601, etc. --- NEWS | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 5036aa69a..ef91b84b5 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- Internet RFC number for email dates (currently RFC 5322). The old option spellings --rfc-2822 and --rfc-822 still work. + date now outputs "-00" for a numeric time zone if the time is UTC + and the time zone abbreviation begins with "-", indicating that the + time zone is indeterminate. + stty now validates arguments before interacting with the device, ensuring there are no side effects to specifying an invalid option. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2