From a59ff019de186b32e0da2d62fef6d07791a0bc3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 09:18:18 +0000
Subject: (usage): Explain that %S's range of [0..60] is required -- rather
 than 0..59 -- to accommodate the occasional positive leap second.

---
 src/date.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'src/date.c')

diff --git a/src/date.c b/src/date.c
index bf1332b7a..aa207464c 100644
--- a/src/date.c
+++ b/src/date.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ specifies Coordinated Universal Time.  Interpreted sequences are:\n\
   %s   seconds since `00:00:00 1970-01-01 UTC' (a GNU extension)\n\
 "), stdout);
       fputs (_("\
-  %S   second (00..60)\n\
+  %S   second (00..60); the 60 is necessary to accommodate a leap second\n\
   %t   a horizontal tab\n\
   %T   time, 24-hour (hh:mm:ss)\n\
   %u   day of week (1..7);  1 represents Monday\n\
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