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> --- 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 _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils