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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-08-17 14:14:05 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-08-17 14:14:05 +0000
commit021ea3a03e3134534a28cad49334bba850e0e806 (patch)
tree5c7d84594579d11142e4770351d206a70173080d /bin/date/date.1
parent9299343274fb6dc3674d5017f6f3ec1516f8c2af (diff)
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: date.1,v 1.20 1999/08/17 14:03:59 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: date.1,v 1.21 1999/08/17 14:14:04 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: date.1,v 1.12 1996/03/12 04:32:37 phil Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
@@ -52,12 +52,14 @@
.Op Cm + Ns Ar format
.Op [[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]MM[\&.SS]
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-The
+When invoked without arguments, the
+.Nm
+utility displays the current date and time.
+Otherwise, depending on the options specified,
.Nm
-utility displays the current date and time when invoked without arguments.
-Providing arguments will format the date and time in a user-defined
-way or set the date.
-Only the superuser may set the date.
+will set the date and time or print it in a user-defined way.
+.Pp
+Only the super-user may set the date.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds