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@@ -2,3 +2,12 @@ date \- print or set the system date and time [DESCRIPTION] .\" Add any additional description here +[DATE STRING] +.\" NOTE: keep this paragraph in sync with the one in touch.x +The --date=STRING is a mostly free format human readable date string +such as "Sun, 29 Feb 2004 16:21:42 -0800" or "2004-02-29 16:21:42" or +even "next Thursday". A date string may contain items indicating +calendar date, time of day, time zone, day of week, relative time, +relative date, and numbers. An empty string indicates the beginning +of the day. The date string format is more complex than is easily +documented here but is fully described in the info documentation. |