We also warn here about LC_TIME, so the user will know even if he
doesn't look in the @xref{Date input formats}.
Signed-off-by: jidanni <jida...@jidanni.org>
---
Also no reply last time. Resending.
doc/coreutils.texi | 5 +++++
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index d8df107..35d98b2 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -13470,6 +13470,11 @@ format. It can contain month names, time zones,
@samp{am} and @samp{pm},
14:19:13.489392193 +0530"} specifies the instant of time that is
489,392,193 nanoseconds after February 27, 2004 at 2:19:13 PM in a
time zone that is 5 hours and 30 minutes east of @acronym{ut...@*
+Note: input currently must be in locale independent format. E.g., the
+LC_TIME=C below is needed to print back the correct date in many locales:
+...@example
+date -d "$(LC_TIME=C date)"
+...@end example
@xref{Date input formats}.
@item -f @var{datefile}
--
1.6.0.6
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