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Small error in date command

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Malin Freeborn <malinfreeborn <at> posteo.net>, 60030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60030: Small error in date command
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 12:51:27 +0000

tag 60030 notabug
close 60030
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On 13/12/2022 02:50, Malin Freeborn wrote:
> Hi bug-team,
> 
> There's a small error in the date man page. If you search for `%F`
> you'll notice the date is summarized as so:
> 
> %F     full date; like %+4Y-%m-%d
> 
> The example shows the `%` sign before the `+`.

This was intentional. '+' is a flag in this context as per:
https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/commit/2ab2f7a42

cheers,
Pádraig

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