From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Jul 13 13:54:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (mta03-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B216637CA79 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 13:54:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.86.52]) by mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000713205444.WKZB16423.mta03-svc.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 21:54:44 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA04021; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 21:54:47 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 21:54:47 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: "Ogren, Eric C." Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/18792: date man page has misleading description of -r op tion Message-ID: <20000713215447.H237@parish> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from ecogren@rsasecurity.com on Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 03:44:50PM -0400 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [Trimmed stonewall@btinternet.com from the Cc:. It was me using Netscape :(] On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 03:44:50PM -0400, Ogren, Eric C. wrote: > Hmm...how bout a compromise? > > -r print out the date and time represented by _seconds_, > where _seconds_ is the number of seconds since the Epoch > (00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970; see time(3)). > I reckon that's the one. Anyone disagree? Shall I commit it? > Eric > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: parish [mailto:stonewall@btinternet.com] > > Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 3:20 PM > > To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: docs/18792: date man page has misleading > > description of -r > > option > > > > > > The following reply was made to PR docs/18792; it has been > > noted by GNATS. > > > > From: parish > > To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org > > Cc: > > Subject: Re: docs/18792: date man page has misleading > > description of -r option > > Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 20:10:47 +0100 > > > > How about: > > > > -r print out the date and time represented by > > _seconds_, which is > > the number of seconds since the Epoch (00:00:00 UTC, > > January 1, > > 1970; see time(3)) > > > > or > > > > -r print _seconds_ as a date and time, where _seconds_ > > is the number of > > seconds since the Epoch (00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970; see > > time(3)). > > > > -- > > If I buy a copy of WinDelete, and it doesn't delete Windows, > > am I entitled to my money back? > > ________________________________________________________________ > > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > > My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ > > mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message -- If I buy a copy of WinDelete, and it doesn't delete Windows, am I entitled to my money back? ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message