From e0d2c361868afe2b37d6eb40defaecf09e8d3288 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "David E. O'Brien" Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 23:12:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add an example to help one manually set the date on one machine taking the out put from another. --- bin/date/date.1 | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/bin/date/date.1 b/bin/date/date.1 index 7323a73099d..ed36fddb0d6 100644 --- a/bin/date/date.1 +++ b/bin/date/date.1 @@ -319,6 +319,11 @@ date 8506131627 .Pp sets the date to .Dq Li "June 13, 1985, 4:27 PM" . +.Bd -literal -offset indent +date "+%Y%m%d%H%M.%S" +.Ed +.Pp +may be used on one machine to print out the date suitable for setting on another. .Pp The command: .Bd -literal -offset indent