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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index c801097ee..a98f7438d 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -16559,22 +16559,25 @@ terms of the time to include. It can be one of the following: @table @samp @item auto Print just the date. This is the default if @var{timespec} is omitted. +This is like the format @code{%Y-%m-%d}. @item hours -Append the hour of the day to the date. +Also print hours and timezone. +This is like the format @code{%Y-%m-%dT%H%:z}. @item minutes -Append the hours and minutes. +Also print minutes. +This is like the format @code{%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M%:z}. @item seconds -Append the hours, minutes and seconds. +Also print seconds. +This is like the format @code{%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%:z}. @item ns -Append the hours, minutes, seconds and nanoseconds. +Also print nanoseconds. +This is like the format @code{%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S,%N%:z}. @end table -If showing any time terms, then include the time zone using the format -@samp{%:z}. @macro dateParseNote This format is always suitable as input for the @option{--date} (@option{-d}) and @option{--file} @@ -16640,19 +16643,19 @@ It can be one of the following: @table @samp @item date Print just the full-date, e.g., @samp{2020-07-21}. -This is equivalent to the format @samp{%Y-%m-%d}. +This is like the format @samp{%Y-%m-%d}. @item seconds Print the full-date and full-time separated by a space, e.g., @samp{2020-07-21 04:30:37+05:30}. The output ends with a numeric time-offset; here the @samp{+05:30} means that local time is five -hours and thirty minutes east of UTC@. This is equivalent to +hours and thirty minutes east of UTC@. This is like the format @samp{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%:z}. @item ns Like @samp{seconds}, but also print nanoseconds, e.g., @samp{2020-07-21 04:30:37.998458565+05:30}. -This is equivalent to the format @samp{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%N%:z}. +This is like the format @samp{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%N%:z}. @end table |