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bug#24077: VS: bug in MAN page for data command
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Pádraig Brady |
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bug#24077: VS: bug in MAN page for data command |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Jul 2016 12:35:55 +0100 |
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tag 24077 wontfix
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On 28/07/16 06:27, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Eric Blake wrote:
>> As a compromise, can we mention that MMDDhhmm[[CCYY][.ss]] output can be
>> produced by the %m%d%H%M%C%y.%S format, as an additional line of text?
>
> Unfortunately that format does not work when the century is outside the range
> 00-99.
:)
> Whatever we do, we should do consistently in 'date' and 'touch' and etc.
> The POSIX spec uses all lower case, which is confusing in a different way but
> is
> at least standardized.
Well it just a representation of placeholders for numbers.
There's nothing "standard" about it.
IMHO as long as it's unambiguous it's fine.
Though I think overall ambiguity is reduced here,
I don't feel strongly about it, so will revert.
- bug#24077: VS: bug in MAN page for data command, Lars Issing Sauer, 2016/07/26
- bug#24077: VS: bug in MAN page for data command, Paul Eggert, 2016/07/27
- bug#24077: VS: bug in MAN page for data command, Bernhard Voelker, 2016/07/27
- bug#24077: VS: bug in MAN page for data command, Pádraig Brady, 2016/07/27
- bug#24077: VS: bug in MAN page for data command, Bernhard Voelker, 2016/07/27
- bug#24077: VS: bug in MAN page for data command, Paul Eggert, 2016/07/27
- bug#24077: VS: bug in MAN page for data command, Eric Blake, 2016/07/27
- bug#24077: VS: bug in MAN page for data command, Paul Eggert, 2016/07/28
- bug#24077: VS: bug in MAN page for data command,
Pádraig Brady <=
bug#24077: SV: bug#24077: VS: bug in MAN page for data command, Lars Issing Sauer, 2016/07/27