On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 07:29:57AM +0200, Carsten Reith wrote:
> On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 03:22:56PM -0400, Allan Streib wrote:
> > On Tue, May 27, 2025, at 15:20, Allan Streib wrote:
> > > The man page for calendar says:
> > >
> > > Other lines should begin with a month and day.
> > 
> > Sorry, fat fingered and sent before completing my thought.
> > 
> > This implies that year is ignored. Looking at files in /usr/share/calendar
> > also supports this.
> > 
> > Allan
> > 
> 
> As Richard, I missed the implication, especially as the description of the 
> '-t'
> option discusses the year format.
> 
> Maybe an additional sentence in the man page won't do no harm ?
> 
> 
> Index: calendar.1
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1,v
> diff -u -p -u -p -r1.45 calendar.1
> --- calendar.1        21 Feb 2025 19:04:34 -0000      1.45
> +++ calendar.1        28 May 2025 05:17:54 -0000
> @@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ A day without a month matches that day o
>  A month without a day matches the first of that month.
>  Two numbers default to the month followed by the day.
>  Lines with leading tabs default to the last entered date, allowing
> -multiple line specifications for a single date.
> +multiple line specifications for a single date. A year can be specified, but
> +it will be ignored in the output.
>  .Dq Easter
>  (may be followed by a positive or negative integer) is Easter for this year.
>  .Dq Paskha
> 

hi.

i don;t understand the diff:

        $ cat calendar
        May 30 2025     It's the 30th
        $ calendar
        It's the 30th
        $ calendar -t 20260530
        It's the 30th

have i misunderstood the intent?

jmc

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