Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:50:25 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> Cc: "Ogren, Eric C." <ecogren@rsasecurity.com>, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/18792: date man page has misleading description of -r op tion Message-ID: <20000714145025.T48641@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20000713215447.H237@parish> References: <F504A8CEE925D411AF4A00508B8BE90A1BF698@exna07.securitydynamics.com> <20000713215447.H237@parish>
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--X9hp/qFlD/MyfJCu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mark Ovens wrote: > [Trimmed stonewall@btinternet.com from the Cc:. It was me using Netscape = :(] >=20 > On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 03:44:50PM -0400, Ogren, Eric C. wrote: >> Hmm...how bout a compromise? >>=20 >> -r print out the date and time represented by _seconds_, >> where _seconds_ is the number of seconds since the Epoch >> (00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970; see time(3)). >=20 > I reckon that's the one. Anyone disagree? No, looks fine to me. I came up with almost identical wording in another message I think, about the same time as Eric. (I wouldn't include the word "out" since it seems unnecessary, but I'm really not bothered much either way.) Very few people have got involved with this discussion, so I'd say it's safe to commit since no-one really is bothered that much... --=20 Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D FreeBSD Documentation Project / --X9hp/qFlD/MyfJCu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: a+gRWtM76uAyWq7DIYNWzH+5kpPgKheb iQCVAwUBOW8aoSsPVtiZOS99AQFWvwP+LrHCotK9MEYsCSyyBnGNleBhh4ngyYPz Jia4oTp9BMxHPm3FSEEsvDKS/feUCfluuK4+KLLlFay0W7aBzsHZPqevaTaGKxtd IKYKPbHXOQChKb2A7WK+q28JRvdgQT5DVmcHiB69qRzrdMh7dk4km6sWyk6R6+vZ l7IYdiyzgRU= =JVgw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --X9hp/qFlD/MyfJCu-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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