* src/date.c (usage): Mention that --rfc-3339 uses space, not 'T',

for a separator.  Include sample RFC 2822 and 3339 output.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ed6d2bca3d48700623140befd529115f0bcae5c1..dedad5fdc949bcb3f6d0712305f1ee4202c1ce8f 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-02-23  Ed Santiago <ed@edsantiago.com>
+
+       * src/date.c (usage): Mention that --rfc-3339 uses space, not 'T',
+       for a separator.  Include sample RFC 2822 and 3339 output.
+
 2007-02-23  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
        With -Dlint, make shuf free all heap-allocated storage.

diff --git a/src/date.c b/src/date.c
index c4e159e4273d696ffac6700cabf3e13db9bfdd4c..3b256157e553d913415dd9bf91063f7362c67587 100644 (file)
--- a/src/date.c
+++ b/src/date.c
@@ -142,10 +142,13 @@ Display the current time in the given FORMAT, or set the system date.\n\
 "), stdout);
       fputs (_("\
   -r, --reference=FILE      display the last modification time of FILE\n\
-  -R, --rfc-2822            output date and time in RFC 2822 format\n\
+  -R, --rfc-2822            output date and time in RFC 2822 format.\n\
+                            Example: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:34:56 -0600\n\
       --rfc-3339=TIMESPEC   output date and time in RFC 3339 format.\n\
                             TIMESPEC=`date', `seconds', or `ns' for\n\
                             date and time to the indicated precision.\n\
+                            Date and time components are separated by\n\
+                            a single space: 2006-08-07 12:34:56-06:00\n\
   -s, --set=STRING          set time described by STRING\n\
   -u, --utc, --universal    print or set Coordinated Universal Time\n\
 "), stdout);