bug#80974: Add Time conversion specifiers quick reference

Dan Jacobson <[email protected]> Fri, 08 May 2026 16:52:26 +0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>>>>> "CF" == Collin Funk <[email protected]> writes:
CF> My concern with a one liner or table of examples is that it risks being
CF> misleading for, in my opinion, very little benefit.

CF> An easy example is %H and %I which look the same for half of
CF> day:

CF>     $ for spec in H I; do date -d 12:00 +%$spec; done
CF>     12
CF>     12
CF>     $ for spec in H I; do date -d 13:00 +%$spec; done
CF>     13
CF>     01

Indeed the manual could just say:
"One might be tempted to put together foolhardy scripts like
[Dan Jacobson version], which depending on the time of the day,
might lead the user to believe .. ..."