From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 20:33:09 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: date: clarify the Epoch
X-Git-Tag: v9.0~211
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fa7a5074d779d16b90ee9acb2cff391c4ffbe6fb;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

date: clarify the Epoch

* src/date.c (usage): Mention the Epoch under %s for clarity,
and capitalize.
---

diff --git a/src/date.c b/src/date.c
index 67bf9bb4b3..c33fa3fc5e 100644
--- a/src/date.c
+++ b/src/date.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ FORMAT controls the output.  Interpreted sequences are:\n\
   %q   quarter of year (1..4)\n\
   %r   locale's 12-hour clock time (e.g., 11:11:04 PM)\n\
   %R   24-hour hour and minute; same as %H:%M\n\
-  %s   seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC\n\
+  %s   seconds since the Epoch (1970-01-01 00:00 UTC)\n\
 "), stdout);
       fputs (_("\
   %S   second (00..60)\n\
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ O to use the locale's alternate numeric symbols if available.\n\
       fputs (_("\
 \n\
 Examples:\n\
-Convert seconds since the epoch (1970-01-01 UTC) to a date\n\
+Convert seconds since the Epoch (1970-01-01 UTC) to a date\n\
   $ date --date='@2147483647'\n\
 \n\
 Show the time on the west coast of the US (use tzselect(1) to find TZ)\n\