Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 21:01:33 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> To: parish <stonewall@btinternet.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/18792: date man page has misleading description of -r option Message-ID: <20000713210133.J48641@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200007131920.MAA62717@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200007131920.MAA62717@freefall.freebsd.org>
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--jITzwD3HDGXid3BE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable parish wrote: > How about: > =20 > -r print out the date and time represented by _seconds_, which is > the number of seconds since the Epoch (00:00:00 UTC, January 1, > 1970; see time(3)) > =20 > or > =20 > -r print _seconds_ as a date and time, where _seconds_ is the number of > seconds since the Epoch (00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970; see > time(3)). Hmm, neither seem quite right, but if we combine them: -r Print the date and time represented by _seconds_, where _seconds_ is the number of seconds since the Epoch (...) Looks good to me. --=20 Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D FreeBSD Documentation Project / --jITzwD3HDGXid3BE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: yuyKQwxPN5VENWHD9SfLCNdsr8w4tMQM iQCVAwUBOW4gHSsPVtiZOS99AQFwBQP/V2mna9cAfsxT8LvUUx9zWMcl0MmeDk1r y+b44TqmeySkHXzGYnCM++T0f5//uU/P0dnye91VWiHAdzDOKTblbMME3BWUSv5A u1Z8bQ8Od+RJu2AZaQC588sGkMH6ca55kLNzGDo6IsuyzAiiT59IsVVCKQLSqVG8 wbtrXK978QQ= =/Qde -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jITzwD3HDGXid3BE-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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