Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 18:00:57 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@freebsd.org> Cc: "Ogren, Eric C." <ecogren@rsasecurity.com>, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/18792: date man page has misleading description of -r op tion Message-ID: <20000714180057.A237@parish> In-Reply-To: <20000714145025.T48641@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>; from ben@freebsd.org on Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 02:50:25PM %2B0100 References: <F504A8CEE925D411AF4A00508B8BE90A1BF698@exna07.securitydynamics.com> <20000713215447.H237@parish> <20000714145025.T48641@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
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On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 02:50:25PM +0100, Ben Smithurst wrote:
> Mark Ovens wrote:
>
> > [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?
>
> No, looks fine to me. I came up with almost identical wording in
> another message I think, about the same time as Eric. (I wouldn't
> include the word "out" since it seems unnecessary, but I'm really not
> bothered much either way.)
>
> Very few people have got involved with this discussion, so I'd say it's
> safe to commit since no-one really is bothered that much...
>
OK, except that alex has just committed docs/18880 (merging the
OpenBSD date.1 changes, not that it should matter).
I'll do it over the weekend sometime (I'm going to build the world
tonight).
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