>From fcc32d0fc4450169f0654980e4c536ce47dd159e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= <address@hidden>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:05:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc: make date(1) synopsis consistent with output +FORMAT

* src/date.c (usage): Make the characters used to summarize
the input format, match the output +FORMAT characters.
* doc/coreutils.texi (date invocation): Likewise.
Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/24077
---
 doc/coreutils.texi | 2 +-
 src/date.c         | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 914aec7..b85404b 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -15018,7 +15018,7 @@ Synopses:
 @example
 date address@hidden@dots{} address@hidden
 date [-u|--utc|--universal] @c this avoids a newline in the output
-[ MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss] ]
+[ mmddHHMM[[CC]yy][.SS] ]
 @end example
 
 @vindex LC_TIME
diff --git a/src/date.c b/src/date.c
index e73196b..a9a580c 100644
--- a/src/date.c
+++ b/src/date.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ usage (int status)
     {
       printf (_("\
 Usage: %s [OPTION]... [+FORMAT]\n\
-  or:  %s [-u|--utc|--universal] [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]]\n\
+  or:  %s [-u|--utc|--universal] [mmddHHMM[[CC]yy][.SS]]\n\
 "),
               program_name, program_name);
       fputs (_("\
-- 
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