RFC 822 dates use only two digits for the years, but Debian changelogs
described by this paragraph (ยง4.4 in Policy 3.8.4) use four digits. This patch
replaces the RFC 822 by its latest evolution, RFC 5322, that specifies a date
format suitable for Debian changelogs.
---
policy.sgml | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index d16df70..7e2365e 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -1610,7 +1610,7 @@
</p>
<p>
- The <var>date</var> must be in RFC822 format<footnote>
+ The <var>date</var> must be in RFC5322 format<footnote>
This is generated by <tt>date -R</tt>.
</footnote>; it must include the time zone specified
numerically, with the time zone name or abbreviation
--
1.6.5.7
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