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Help text update suggestion for "date" util

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From: Wes Novack <pub <at> wesleytech.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Help text update suggestion for "date" util
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 11:45:44 -0600

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Greetings! For the GNU coreutils "date" utility, I would like to suggest
updating the help text

from %s seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
to %s seconds since the epoch, 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC

This was suggested in this StackOverflow post and has received many (45)
upvotes.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1092631/get-current-time-in-seconds-since-the-epoch-on-linux-bash#comment10059260_1092643

Would you consider this update?

Thank you!
Wes

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Message #10 received at 42470-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
To: Wes Novack <pub <at> wesleytech.com>, 42470-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: bug#42470: Help text update suggestion for "date" util
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 16:18:51 +0200

On 2020-07-21 19:45, Wes Novack wrote:
> Greetings! For the GNU coreutils "date" utility, I would like to suggest
> updating the help text
> 
> from %s seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
> to %s seconds since the epoch, 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
> 
> This was suggested in this StackOverflow post and has received many (45)
> upvotes.
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1092631/get-current-time-in-seconds-since-the-epoch-on-linux-bash#comment10059260_1092643
> 
> Would you consider this update?

Thanks for the suggestion.

Paul fixed it with this commit:
  https://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=fa7a5074d7

Marking this as done.

Have a nice day,
Berny

Message #13 received at 42470-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Wes Novack <pub <at> wesleytech.com>
To: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
Cc: 42470-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: bug#42470: Help text update suggestion for "date" util
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 09:07:27 -0600

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Thank you! For future reference, what is the PR process?

On Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 8:18 AM Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
wrote:

> On 2020-07-21 19:45, Wes Novack wrote:
> > Greetings! For the GNU coreutils "date" utility, I would like to suggest
> > updating the help text
> >
> > from %s seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
> > to %s seconds since the epoch, 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
> >
> > This was suggested in this StackOverflow post and has received many (45)
> > upvotes.
> >
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1092631/get-current-time-in-seconds-since-the-epoch-on-linux-bash#comment10059260_1092643
> >
> > Would you consider this update?
>
> Thanks for the suggestion.
>
> Paul fixed it with this commit:
>   https://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=fa7a5074d7
>
> Marking this as done.
>
> Have a nice day,
> Berny
>

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Message #16 received at 42470-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Wes Novack <pub <at> wesleytech.com>,
 Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
Cc: 42470-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42470: Help text update suggestion for "date" util
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 13:50:56 -0700

On 7/25/20 8:07 AM, Wes Novack wrote:
> Thank you! For future reference, what is the PR process?

See:

https://debbugs.gnu.org/

and look for "read more" if you're interested.

Message #19 received at 42470-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
To: Wes Novack <pub <at> wesleytech.com>
Cc: 42470-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: bug#42470: Help text update suggestion for "date" util
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 00:18:19 +0200

[sorry, this one hung in my outbox ... not sure if this helps though]

On 2020-07-25 17:07, Wes Novack wrote:
> For future reference, what is the PR process?

Not exactly sure what you mean with "PR".
If you refer to the process of reporting bugs, making suggestions, sending
patches, etc., then please refer to the corresponding sections at:
  https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/

If PR is meant as "(git) pull request": just plain patches are sent
to the mailing list(s). Please see:
  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/tree/README-hacking

Have a nice day,
Berny

Message #22 received at 42470-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Wes Novack <pub <at> wesleytech.com>
To: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
Cc: 42470-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: bug#42470: Help text update suggestion for "date" util
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 16:33:03 -0600

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Yes, I meant Pull Request when I said PR. Thank you for the information and
for incorporating the suggested update!

On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 4:18 PM Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
wrote:

> [sorry, this one hung in my outbox ... not sure if this helps though]
>
> On 2020-07-25 17:07, Wes Novack wrote:
> > For future reference, what is the PR process?
>
> Not exactly sure what you mean with "PR".
> If you refer to the process of reporting bugs, making suggestions, sending
> patches, etc., then please refer to the corresponding sections at:
>   https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
>
> If PR is meant as "(git) pull request": just plain patches are sent
> to the mailing list(s). Please see:
>   https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/tree/README-hacking
>
> Have a nice day,
> Berny
>

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