Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org> writes: > I also like the idea, so I prepared a patch (attached)
Thank you! > 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 reference to the RFC 822 by a specification that is > compatible with its successors, RFC 2822 and RFC 5322, but does not use their > full range of options. > --- > policy.sgml | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++---- > 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index af00c0e..5ba1980 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -1618,11 +1618,29 @@ > </p> > > <p> > - The <var>date</var> must be in RFC822 format<footnote> > + The <var>date</var> has the following 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 > - optionally present as a comment in parentheses. > + </footnote> (compatible and with the same semantics of > + RFC 2822 and RFC 5322): > + <example>day-of-week, dd month yyyy hh:mm:ss +zzzz</example> > + where: > + <list compact="compact"> > + <item>day-of week is one of: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, > Sun</item> > + <item>dd is a one- or two-digit day of the month (01-31)</item> > + <item>month is one of: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, > Oct, Nov, Dec</item> > + <item>yyyy is the four-digit year (e.g. 2010)</item> > + <item>hh is the two-digit hour (00-23</item> > + <item>mm is the two-digit minutes (00-59)</item> > + <item>ss is the two-digit seconds (00-60)</item> > + <item> > + +zzzz or -zzzz is the the time zone offset from Coordinated > Universal > + Time (UTC). "+" indicates that the time is ahead of (i.e., east > of) UTC > + and "-" indicates that the time is behind (i.e., west of) UTC. > The > + first two digits indicate the hour difference from UTC and the > last > + two digits indicate the number of additional minutes difference > from > + UTC. The last two digits must be in the range 00-59. > + </item> > + </list> > </p> > > <p> Seconded. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87zkzb60th....@windlord.stanford.edu
