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Date documentation


From: Michael Partridge
Subject: Date documentation
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 10:20:28 -0700

Hello,
I am reading the date man page for the first time and it seems that a `+`
must prefix a format string, but this requirement or behavior is not
documented.

Example:
```bash
date "%H:%M"
----
date: invalid date ‘%H:%M’
```

```bash
date "+%H:%M"
----
10:15
```

The only way I found this is through the default format string on the
page linked below.

I think this default format string should appear in the man page as
well.

https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/date-invocation.html#date-invocation


MCP



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