Give date(1) a much better SYNOPSIS section which is useful as more than

decoration.  Further improvements are welcome, but at least this
is a separate of the various modes of operation date has, as well as
sectioning off the two deprecated options for settimeofday(tz) that
don't even apply to actual operation of date as such, anyway.
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Brian Feldman 2004-04-06 22:03:38 +00:00
parent dccd431fa6
commit 640c4d40fb
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
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.Nm date .Nm date
.Nd display or set date and time .Nd display or set date and time
.Sh SYNOPSIS .Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm .Nm
.Op Fl jnu .Op Fl ju
.Op Fl d Ar dst
.Op Fl r Ar seconds .Op Fl r Ar seconds
.Op Fl t Ar minutes_west
.Oo .Oo
.Fl v .Fl v
.Sm off .Sm off
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.Sm on .Sm on
.Oc .Oc
.Ar ... .Ar ...
.Oo .Op Cm + Ns Ar output_fmt
.Fl f .Nm
.Ar fmt date | .Op Fl jnu
.Sm off .Sm off
.Op Oo Oo Oo Oo Ar cc Oc Ar yy Oc Ar mm Oc Ar dd Oc Ar HH .Op Oo Oo Oo Oo Ar cc Oc Ar yy Oc Ar mm Oc Ar dd Oc Ar HH
.Ar MM Op Ar .ss .Ar MM Op Ar .ss
.Sm on .Sm on
.Oc .Nm
.Op Cm + Ns Ar format .Op Fl jnu
.Fl f
.Ar input_fmt new_date
.Op Cm + Ns Ar output_fmt
.Nm
.Op Fl d Ar dst
.Op Fl t Ar minutes_west
.Sh DESCRIPTION .Sh DESCRIPTION
When invoked without arguments, the When invoked without arguments, the
.Nm .Nm