From: jidanni@jidanni.org <jidanni@jidanni.org>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:04:46 +0000 (+0800)
Subject: date doc: warn at -d about LC_TIME
X-Git-Tag: v7.1~31
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d3dcb10f902ac9f1636aefd38520c50b5fcdc1d5;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

date doc: warn at -d about LC_TIME

We also warn here about LC_TIME, so the user will know even if he
doesn't look in the @xref{Date input formats}.
---

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 07986e83d4..c3a116470b 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -13485,6 +13485,11 @@ format.  It can contain month names, time zones, @samp{am} and @samp{pm},
 14:19:13.489392193 +0530"} specifies the instant of time that is
 489,392,193 nanoseconds after February 27, 2004 at 2:19:13 PM in a
 time zone that is 5 hours and 30 minutes east of @acronym{UTC}.@*
+Note: input currently must be in locale independent format. E.g., the
+LC_TIME=C below is needed to print back the correct date in many locales:
+@example
+date -d "$(LC_TIME=C date)"
+@end example
 @xref{Date input formats}.
 
 @item -f @var{datefile}