GNU bug report logs - #24077
VS: bug in MAN page for data command

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: "Lars Issing Sauer" <lsa <at> logos.dk>

Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 17:59:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 24077-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Lars Issing Sauer <lsa <at> logos.dk>, 24077-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24077: VS: bug in MAN page for data command
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 09:07:07 +0200

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.
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