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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: t0th <south.minds <at> gmail.com>, 55401 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55401: date man page
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2022 21:06:34 +0100

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On 14/05/2022 01:42, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 13/05/2022 20:10, t0th wrote:
>> Man page of date command should make explicit that -d and -r options are
>> mutually exclusive.
> 
> Right.  More accurately, we might have a sentence to say that:
> "All options to specify the date to display are mutually exclusive.
> I.e.: --date, --file, --reference, --resolution".

I've pushed the attached 2 patches
to document the current situation at least.

cheers,
Padraig

[date-exclusive-help.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[date-multiple-debug.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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