From fa7a5074d779d16b90ee9acb2cff391c4ffbe6fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 13:33:09 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] date: clarify the Epoch * src/date.c (usage): Mention the Epoch under %s for clarity, and capitalize. --- src/date.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) 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\ -- 2.47.2