On 07/27/2016 12:39 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 07/27/2016 05:13 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote: >> >> It's more natural to use uppercase for larger quantities, >> but being consistent with +FORMAT trumps that IMHO. >> > > No, as it's now inconsistent with similar usage elsewhere, e.g., > 'touch', 'NEWS'. Please revert, as this change merely introduces new > confusion. The %h and %m etc. syntax is different from that of POSIX > 'date' strings, that's all. 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? -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org