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| -rw-r--r-- | sys/man/1/date | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sys/man/1/date b/sys/man/1/date index 7ad11ffab..cf38ad83d 100644 --- a/sys/man/1/date +++ b/sys/man/1/date @@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ date, clock \- date and time [ .I option ] [ +.B -f +.I format +] [ .I seconds ] .br @@ -16,6 +19,8 @@ Print the date, in the format .B Tue Aug 16 17:03:52 CDT 1977 .PP +Or the format specified by the format option. + The options are .TP .B -u @@ -33,6 +38,13 @@ Report the date as ISO-8601 with time and timezone suffix. .TP .B -m Report the date as an email compatible (RFC2822) time stamp. +.TP +.B -f +Print using the format specified by the +.I format +string rather than the default. Format strings are in the format used by +.IR tmdate (2) + .PP The conversion from Greenwich Mean Time to local time depends on the .B $timezone @@ -65,3 +77,5 @@ into .B /sys/src/cmd/date.c .br .B /sys/src/cmd/clock.c +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR tmdate (2) |