From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 03:27:07 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: doc: date: mention --file=- reads from standard input
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doc: date: mention --file=- reads from standard input

* src/date.c (usage): Mention that standard input will be read if
DATEFILE is "-".
Reported at https://bugs.debian.org/1100395
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diff --git a/src/date.c b/src/date.c
index 2b944e79fd..8959094d4f 100644
--- a/src/date.c
+++ b/src/date.c
@@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ With -s, or with [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]], set the date and time.\n\
                               warn about questionable usage to standard error\n\
 "), stdout);
       fputs (_("\
-  -f, --file=DATEFILE        like --date; once for each line of DATEFILE\n\
+  -f, --file=DATEFILE        like --date; once for each line of DATEFILE;\n\
+                               If DATEFILE is -, read names from standard input\
+\n\
 "), stdout);
       fputs (_("\
   -I[FMT], --iso-8601[=FMT]  output date/time in ISO 8601 format.\n\