In article <memo.20110114113746.14188A@postmaster+dexdyne.com.cix.co.uk>, [email protected] (David Collier) wrote:
> *From:* "David Collier" <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *CC:* [email protected] > *Date:* Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:37 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) > > "big linux" date command seems to like a single format when you are > setting the date > > that is [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]] > > if I do "date --help" in busybox it says: > > Recognized TIME formats: > hh:mm[:ss] > [YYYY.]MM.DD-hh:mm[:ss] > YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm[:ss] > [[[[[YY]YY]MM]DD]hh]mm[.ss] > > which doesn't seem to allow for MMDDhhmmCCYY > > however when I experiment with > > date 011410032011 > > it all seems to work as desired. rubbish - I screwed my tests it worked in 1.13.1, though it wasn't documented as an acceptable format it no longer works in 1.17.4 So I guess the help file is now telling the truth. It seems a bit silly not to accept the only standard format as used by the coreutils version? D > > I think it's good that busybox should support the standard string > format - > if you agree can it be added to the help info? > > D > _______________________________________________ > busybox mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox > _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
