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-rw-r--r--src/main.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 8af81392e..f5e4e1775 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -2205,6 +2205,10 @@ static ParameterError getparameter(char *flag, /* f or -long-flag */
if(-1 == stat(nextarg, &statbuf)) {
/* failed, remove time condition */
config->timecond = CURL_TIMECOND_NONE;
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "Warning: Illegal date format for -z/--timecond and not "
+ "a file name.\n"
+ " See curl_getdate(3) for valid date syntax.\n");
}
else {
/* pull the time out from the file */