Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 12:56:38 +0930 (CST) From: grog@FreeBSD.ORG To: brian@awfulhak.org (Brian Somers) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, brian@awfulhak.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: date(1) Message-ID: <199707290326.MAA01445@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199707290257.DAA18266@awfulhak.org> from Brian Somers at "Jul 29, 97 03:57:05 am"
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Brian Somers writes: > > Brian Somers stands accused of saying: > > > > > > I'd like to add the following functionality to date(1) in -current, > [.....] > > Please also add : > > > > - The ability to parse timestamps in ctime()-like format. > > Yep. I think I'll fix the usage message too - shouldn't it be: > > [[yy[mm[dd[hh]]]]mm[.ss]] > > I must say, this format beats the mmddhhmmyy format in SYSV ! Sure, it beats it, but it also includes a gratuitous incompatibility. I vote to leave it as it is. Greg
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