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Date:      Sun, 6 Jan 2002 07:43:29 +0100
From:      Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Changes in the FreeBSD date-format
Message-ID:  <20020106064329.GC1003@raggedclown.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020105165516.F204@gohan.cjclark.org>
References:  <20020105170416.6c112815.johann@broadpark.no> <20020105165516.F204@gohan.cjclark.org>

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On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 04:55:16PM -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 05:04:16PM +0100, J.S. wrote:
> > Is there any particular reason as to why the date-format in FreeBSD
> > appears slightly altered from time to time?
> > 
> > Some times it's <Sat Jan  5 17:01:30 CET 2002> and some times, if I recall
> > correctly, it's <Sat Jan 5 17:01:30 CET 2002>.
> > 
> > I'm a perfectionist, and that extra and unnecessary space is freaking me out.
> 
Well, I am afraid your definition of perfection seems to be what *you*
want it to do :)
That first form is the correct standard form and has been since the
dawn of Unix time. It maintains a constant length date string.
That is perfection for other people :)

You will never have seen the second form from normal output
of date. Something else must have happened if you did.

-- 
Regards
Cliff



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