bug#24077: VS: bug in MAN page for data command

[Pádraig Brady]

On 27/07/16 09:20, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> On 07/27/2016 09:07 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
>> On 07/26/2016 09:13 AM, Lars Issing Sauer wrote:
>>>   According to the description "%M" is minutes and "%m" is month... but
>>>   the command takes "%M" as month and "%m" as minutes ;)
>>
>> Sorry, I don't see any bug here. "date +%M" outputs the current number of 
>> minutes
>> past the hour, and "date +%m" outputs the current month number, and that is 
>> what is documented.
> 
> Hi Paul,
> 
> I think it's regarding the MM vs. mm in the usage string:
> 
>   $ src/date --help | grep MM
>     or:  src/date [-u|--utc|--universal] [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]]
> __________________________________________^^____^^
> 
>   $ src/date -u 072710132016
>   src/date: cannot set date: Operation not permitted
>   Wed Jul 27 10:13:00 UTC 2016
> 
> The MM/mm here is inconsistent compared to the %M/%m modifiers.
> 
> Usage | % mod | meaning
> ------+-------+--------
>  MM   | %m    | month
>  mm   | %M    | minute
> 
> Do you agree?

Yes it's more consistent to match this input representation
with the output +FORMATs.  I.E. use: [mmddHHMM[[CC]yy][.SS]]
It's more natural to use uppercase for larger quantities,
but being consistent with +FORMAT trumps that IMHO.

Fixed in the attached.

thanks
Pádraig

date-synopsis.patch
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