bug#80974: Add Time conversion specifiers quick reference

On Sat, 9 May 2026 at 22:15, P=C3=A1draig Brady <[email protected]> wrote:

> > P=C3=A1draig Brady wrote:
> >>    %%    %           a literal %
> >>    %a    Sun         locale's abbreviated weekday name

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> >>    %Z     EDT        alphabetic time zone abbreviation
>
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> Yes I suppose alphabetic is arbitrary.
> I.e. users generally want to know "what letter corresponds to <function>"=
,
> not "what <function> corresponds to <letter> .".


=E2=80=9CIt's slower to search by function=E2=80=9D could be considered a f=
eature rather
than a bug.
An alphabetical list is a great aid to memorisation, as rapid confirmations
(*1) gives small dopamine hits, while the slower search for what you don't
know provides encouragement to do better next time.

-Martin

*1: locating a letter in an alphabetized vertical list takes only 2 or 3
secades (eye movements), far faster than locating a semantic description
among many lines of text.