Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 06:02:56 +0200 (CEST) From: Martin Kammerhofer <dada@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: docs/4704: wrong synopsis in date(1) manpage and usage() routine Message-ID: <199710060402.GAA23650@lend.tu-graz.ac.at> Resent-Message-ID: <199710060620.XAA07252@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 4704 >Category: docs >Synopsis: wrong synopsis in date(1) manpage and usage() routine >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Oct 5 23:20:01 PDT 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Martin Kammerhofer >Organization: Graz University of Technology >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE i386 >Environment: >Description: 'man 1 date' specifies synopsis as: date [-d dst] [-r seconds] [-t minutes_west] [-nu] [+format] [[yy[mm[dd[hh]]]]mm[.ss]] This is nonsense. Correct is: date [-d dst] [-r seconds] [-t minutes_west] [-nu] [+format] [[[[[yy]mm]dd]hh]mm[.ss]] In other words: If you give a date-spec. with exactly 4 digits it is interpreted as hhmm and not as yymm! The program parses correct, the manpage and usage string (at end of date.c) are wrong. >How-To-Repeat: man date | head date 123 >Fix: Get the brackets right! >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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