Re: [bug-mailutils] Only one date format

[Neil R. Ormos]

Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:
>  Dan Jacobson <address@hidden> ha escrit:

>> Please also provide additional granularity like
>> (info "(coreutils) Time conversion specifiers")
>> (info "(coreutils) Date conversion specifiers")

> Thanks for the suggestion.

I agree with the substance of this feature
request.

It would be helpful if the user could define the
appearance of the date/time field using any
combination of the format specifiers supported by
strftime(3).

The find(1) utility -printf action has a syntax
that might be an example of how to address
collisions of the existing format codes and those
of strftime (though it requires much error-prone
typing).

Also, the Pine and Alpine MUAs include "smart"
dates and times that might be helpful to some
users.  See, e.g., SMARTTIME in:

  http://www.washington.edu/alpine/tech-notes/config.html

Best regards,

--Neil Ormos