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| -rw-r--r-- | libbb/time.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/time.c b/libbb/time.c index 1eb2d75c2..e2b938471 100644 --- a/libbb/time.c +++ b/libbb/time.c @@ -91,7 +91,13 @@ void FAST_FUNC parse_datestr(const char *date_str, struct tm *ptm) * .SS Seconds, a number from 0 to 61 (with leap seconds) * Everything but the minutes is optional * - * This coincides with the format of "touch -t TIME" + * "touch -t DATETIME" format: [[[[[YY]YY]MM]DD]hh]mm[.ss] + * Some, but not all, Unix "date DATETIME" commands + * move [[YY]YY] past minutes mm field (!). + * Coreutils date does it, and SUS mandates it. + * (date -s DATETIME does not support this format. lovely!) + * In bbox, this format is special-cased in date applet + * (IOW: this function assumes "touch -t" format). */ unsigned cur_year = ptm->tm_year; int len = strchrnul(date_str, '.') - date_str; |