date(1): document '-f' option

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Ori Bernstein 2021-06-17 21:12:26 +00:00
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@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ date, clock \- date and time
[
.I option
] [
.B -f
.I format
] [
.I seconds
]
.br
@ -16,6 +19,8 @@ Print the date, in the format
.B
Tue Aug 16 17:03:52 CDT 1977
.PP
Or the format specified by the format option.
The options are
.TP
.B -u
@ -33,6 +38,13 @@ Report the date as ISO-8601 with time and timezone suffix.
.TP
.B -m
Report the date as an email compatible (RFC2822) time stamp.
.TP
.B -f
Print using the format specified by the
.I format
string rather than the default. Format strings are in the format used by
.IR tmdate (2)
.PP
The conversion from Greenwich Mean Time to local time depends on the
.B $timezone
@ -65,3 +77,5 @@ into
.B /sys/src/cmd/date.c
.br
.B /sys/src/cmd/clock.c
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR tmdate (2)