-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Paul Eggert on 9/13/2005 4:16 PM: > > OK, I installed the patch below. Comments welcome. In particular, > the new %:z, %::z, %:::z strftime formats are a bit weird-looking, but > I couldn't think of anything better.
All I could think of when the problem first came up was %Ez, since %E specifies alternate format, but that doesn't really fit the three formats you provided, so your choice seems great to me. > 2005-09-13 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * NEWS: date has a new --rfc-3339 option, and the old --iso-8601 > option is deprecated. date and ls also have new time format > specifiers %:z, %::z, %:::z. > * doc/coreutils.texi (Time conversion specifiers, Options for date): > Document date --rfc-3339 and new specifiers %:z, %::z, %:::z. Use > "date and time" consistently; the old version sometimes said "time > and date". Fix a minor bug in the documentation for --rfc-2822: > it claimed day-of-month < 10 had leading space, not leading zero. > Use a consistent format for terms like "RFC". > * lib/strftime.c (my_strftime): Add support for %:z, %::z, %:::z. > Fix bug in formats like %2N. > * src/date.c (TIME_SPEC_DATE): No longer needs to be nonzero, so > remove the "=1". > (TIME_SOEC_HOURS, TIME_SPEC_MINUTES): Must be at end now, so put ^^^^ typo in the changelog > them there. > (time_spec_string, time_spec): Hours and minutes must be at > start now, so put them there. > (rfc_2822_format): Now a string constant, not a boolean. All uses > changed. > (iso_8601_format, rfc_format): Remove. > (RFC_3339_OPTION): New constant. > (long_options): Add --rfc-3339. > (usage): Add --rfc-3339. Don't mention --iso-8601. > Mention %:z, %::z, %:::z. > (main): Simplify calculation of 'format'; it was getting too hairy > to follow. Add --rfc-3339. > (show_date): Assume format arg is not NULL, which is the case > now. The default code is moved to 'main'. This simplifies things > and allows the default to be calculated just once. > * tests/misc/date: Add tests for --rfc-3339. > > Index: NEWS > =================================================================== > RCS file: /fetish/cu/NEWS,v > retrieving revision 1.308 > diff -p -u -r1.308 NEWS > --- NEWS 10 Sep 2005 14:07:59 -0000 1.308 > +++ NEWS 13 Sep 2005 21:59:04 -0000 > @@ -182,6 +182,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS > > cp and mv: the --reply=X option is deprecated > > + date accepts the new option --rfc-3339=TIMESPEC. The old --iso-8602 (-I) > + option is deprecated; it still works, but new applications should avoid it. > + date and ls's time formats now support new %:z, %::z, %:::z specifiers > + for numeric time zone offsets like -07:00, -07:00:00, and -07. What about du, pinky, pr, stat, and who, which also use a form of strftime? And what about the FIXME in uptime to use strftime? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Display the date using the @acronym{ISO} 8601 format, @samp{%Y-%m-%d}. Now that -I is deprecated, should it print a warning to stderr? Or just silently work for a couple of years until it is disabled? > + --rfc-3339=TIMESPEC output date and time in RFC 3339 format.\n\ > + TIMESPEC=`date', `seconds', or `ns' for\n\ > + date and time to the indicated precision.\n\ TIMESPEC was optional for -I; should it be optional for rfc-3339 as well? > fputs (_("\ > - %z numeric timezone (e.g., -0400)\n\ > + %z +hhmm numeric timezone (e.g., -0400)\n\ > + %:z +hh:mm numeric timezone (e.g., -04:00)\n\ > + %::z +hh:mm:ss numeric time zone (e.g., -04:00:00)\n\ > + %:::z numeric time zone with : to necessary precision (e.g., -04, > +05:30)\n\ I think the description of :, ::, and ::: would fit better in the optional flags section below, rather than having to respace all the interpreted %<letter> sequence listings because you listed them with %z. > Index: tests/misc/date > =================================================================== > RCS file: /fetish/cu/tests/misc/date,v > retrieving revision 1.12 > diff -p -u -r1.12 date > --- tests/misc/date 9 Sep 2005 07:22:27 -0000 1.12 > +++ tests/misc/date 13 Sep 2005 21:59:08 -0000 > @@ -166,19 +166,29 @@ my @Tests = Where are the tests for %::z and %:::z? - -- Life is short - so eat dessert first! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDJ5lQ84KuGfSFAYARAlZdAJ9w3pm2nR1ldE0Atan5DQARcJk8EwCfYRTu jkHWqv3k8jz8WanPBYX6oRs= =MbGV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils