On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Jean Forget wrote: > I discovered about %E* and %O* in AIX's date(1) manpage. Nothing about that in >Linux's > date manpage. The basic specifiers are pretty much consistently defined, > but not so for %E* and %O*. And maybe I inadvertently swapped %EY and %OY about Roman > numerals.
Yeah, Linux's says they are for "alternate" formats, but doesn't say what it means. > If nobody has enough time or energy to spare about exotic %E* and %O* > modifiers for Gregorian calendar, just forget about them. Like I said, Roman numerals are easy. It's the per-locale alternate part that I don't really want to tackle. I'll add Roman numerals for %O* though. -dave /*======================= House Absolute Consulting www.houseabsolute.com =======================*/
