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VS: bug in MAN page for data command

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, Pádraig Brady
 <P <at> draigBrady.com>, Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>,
 24077-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, lsa <at> logos.dk
Subject: Re: bug#24077: VS: bug in MAN page for data command
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 14:11:06 -0600

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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?

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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