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

From: Bernhard Voelker <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:20:08 +0200

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?

Have a nice day,
Berny