Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 04:56:51 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: grog@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: brian@awfulhak.org (Brian Somers), msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: date(1) Message-ID: <199707290356.EAA22036@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 29 Jul 1997 12:56:38 %2B0930." <199707290326.MAA01445@freebie.lemis.com>
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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.
I would intend to allow both. I don't want to break anything.
> Greg
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