On 27/07/16 09:20, Bernhard Voelker wrote: > On 07/27/2016 09:07 AM, Paul Eggert wrote: >> 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. > > Hi Paul, > > I think it's regarding the MM vs. mm in the usage string: > > $ src/date --help | grep MM > or: src/date [-u|--utc|--universal] [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]] > __________________________________________^^____^^ > > $ src/date -u 072710132016 > src/date: cannot set date: Operation not permitted > Wed Jul 27 10:13:00 UTC 2016 > > The MM/mm here is inconsistent compared to the %M/%m modifiers. > > Usage | % mod | meaning > ------+-------+-------- > MM | %m | month > mm | %M | minute > > Do you agree?
Yes it's more consistent to match this input representation with the output +FORMATs. I.E. use: [mmddHHMM[[CC]yy][.SS]] It's more natural to use uppercase for larger quantities, but being consistent with +FORMAT trumps that IMHO. Fixed in the attached. thanks Pádraig
>From fcc32d0fc4450169f0654980e4c536ce47dd159e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:05:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: make date(1) synopsis consistent with output +FORMAT * src/date.c (usage): Make the characters used to summarize the input format, match the output +FORMAT characters. * doc/coreutils.texi (date invocation): Likewise. Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/24077 --- doc/coreutils.texi | 2 +- src/date.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 914aec7..b85404b 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -15018,7 +15018,7 @@ Synopses: @example date [@var{option}]@dots{} [+@var{format}] date [-u|--utc|--universal] @c this avoids a newline in the output -[ MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss] ] +[ mmddHHMM[[CC]yy][.SS] ] @end example @vindex LC_TIME diff --git a/src/date.c b/src/date.c index e73196b..a9a580c 100644 --- a/src/date.c +++ b/src/date.c @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ usage (int status) { printf (_("\ Usage: %s [OPTION]... [+FORMAT]\n\ - or: %s [-u|--utc|--universal] [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]]\n\ + or: %s [-u|--utc|--universal] [mmddHHMM[[CC]yy][.SS]]\n\ "), program_name, program_name); fputs (_("\ -- 2.5.5
