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VS: bug in MAN page for data command

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: "Lars Issing Sauer" <lsa <at> logos.dk>
Subject: bug#24077: closed (Re: bug#24077: VS: bug in MAN page for data
 command)
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 07:08:02 +0000

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Your bug report

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

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

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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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From: "Lars Issing Sauer" <lsa <at> logos.dk>
To: <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: VS: bug in MAN page for data command
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 09:13:17 +0200

Hi,

 I found that the MAN for "date" has wrong representation of "month" and "minutes".

 Command: date [-u|--utc|--universal] [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]]

 According to the description "%M" is minutes and "%m" is month... but 
 the command takes "%M" as month and "%m" as minutes ;)

http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/date.1.html

Best regards
 
Lars Sauer
Development Engineer, M.Sc. EE
E-mail: lsa <at> logos.dk
Phone (+45) 20 67 53 41


-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
Fra: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) [mailto:mtk.manpages <at> gmail.com] 
Sendt: 25. juli 2016 20:13
Til: Lars Issing Sauer
Cc: linux-man; Casper Thorø Vium Pedersen; Jeppe Andreasen
Emne: Re: bug in MAN page for data command

Hello Lars

On 25 July 2016 at 17:21, Lars Issing Sauer <lsa <at> logos.dk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I found that the MAN for "date" has wrong representation of "month" and "minutes".
>
> Command: date [-u|--utc|--universal] [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]]
>
> According to the description "%M" is minutes and "%m" is month... but 
> the command takes "%M" as month and "%m" as minutes ;)
>
> http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/date.1.html

This manual page is maintained by another project. See the following link for info about how to report bugs for that project:

http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/date.1.html#COLOPHON

Cheers,

Michael

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