On 07/05/2026 01:46, Dan Jacobson wrote:
(info "(coreutils) Time conversion specifiers") is too hard to read
through in a hurry.
Therefore a second section could be added: "quick reference".
And show how we generate it too!:
$ for i in {A..Z} {a..z}; do date "+$i: %$i"; done
A: Thursday
B: May
C: 20
D: 05/07/26
E: %E
F: 2026-05-07
G: 2026
Not a bad suggestion.
Actually we do have many examples in parenthesis,
so really we could just reformat to:
Example Description
%% % a literal %
%a Sun locale's abbreviated weekday name
%A Sunday locale's full weekday name
The same could be done in date --help
cheers,
Padraig
