Module Name: src
Committed By: kre
Date: Tue Sep 17 10:08:38 UTC 2024
Modified Files:
src/bin/date: date.1
Log Message:
Note that the order in which the -u and -d options are given matters.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.54 -r1.55 src/bin/date/date.1
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/bin/date/date.1
diff -u src/bin/date/date.1:1.54 src/bin/date/date.1:1.55
--- src/bin/date/date.1:1.54 Wed May 31 18:04:00 2023
+++ src/bin/date/date.1 Tue Sep 17 10:08:38 2024
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: date.1,v 1.54 2023/05/31 18:04:00 uwe Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: date.1,v 1.55 2024/09/17 10:08:38 kre Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)date.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
.\"
-.Dd May 31, 2023
+.Dd September 17, 2024
.Dt DATE 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -131,6 +131,26 @@ from the Epoch.
Display or set the date in UTC (universal) time.
.El
.Pp
+Note the
+.Fl d
+and
+.Fl u
+options are applied when encountered, hence specifying
+.Fl u
+before
+.Fl d
+will cause the
+.Ar date
+to be parsed as coordinated universal time, by default,
+whereas if
+.Fl u
+is specified after
+.Fl d
+the
+.Ar date
+will be parsed using the default timezone, then
+output will be generated in UTC.
+.Pp
An operand with a leading plus
.Pq Cm +
sign signals a user-defined format
