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 #36 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>,
 Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>, 24077 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 lsa <at> logos.dk
Subject: Re: bug#24077: VS: bug in MAN page for data command
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 12:35:55 +0100

tag 24077 wontfix
stop

On 28/07/16 06:27, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Eric Blake wrote:
>> 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?
> 
> Unfortunately that format does not work when the century is outside the range 00-99.

:)

> Whatever we do, we should do consistently in 'date' and 'touch' and etc.

> The POSIX spec uses all lower case, which is confusing in a different way but is 
> at least standardized.

Well it just a representation of placeholders for numbers.
There's nothing "standard" about it.
IMHO as long as it's unambiguous it's fine.

Though I think overall ambiguity is reduced here,
I don't feel strongly about it, so will revert.
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