ref: b3215c807556cdaaa0f949f1fb3f97c484ffd1da
parent: 1da1ac52d201bdc6656b91a4b1792581120b2d09
author: Ori Bernstein <ori@eigenstate.org>
date: Thu Jun 17 17:12:26 EDT 2021
date(1): document '-f' option
--- a/sys/man/1/date
+++ b/sys/man/1/date
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
[
.I option
] [
+.B -f
+.I format
+] [
.I seconds
]
.br
@@ -16,6 +19,8 @@
.B
Tue Aug 16 17:03:52 CDT 1977
.PP
+Or the format specified by the format option.
+
The options are
.TP
.B -u
@@ -33,6 +38,13 @@
.TP
.B -m
Report the date as an email compatible (RFC2822) time stamp.
+.TP
+.B -f
+Print using the format specified by the
+.I format
+string rather than the default. Format strings are in the format used by
+.IR tmdate (2)
+
.PP
The conversion from Greenwich Mean Time to local time depends on the
.B $timezone
@@ -65,3 +77,5 @@
.B /sys/src/cmd/date.c
.br
.B /sys/src/cmd/clock.c
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.IR tmdate (2)