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diff --git a/bin/date/date.1 b/bin/date/date.1 index bf7c961314a2..88974e27d5a4 100644 --- a/bin/date/date.1 +++ b/bin/date/date.1 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)date.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/28/95 .\" -.Dd May 19, 2023 +.Dd April 26, 2024 .Dt DATE 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -143,17 +143,19 @@ values are .Cm date , .Cm hours , .Cm minutes , +.Cm seconds , and -.Cm seconds . +.Cm ns No Pq for nanoseconds . The date and time is formatted to the specified precision. When .Ar FMT is .Cm hours -(or the more precise -.Cm minutes +.Po or the more precise +.Cm minutes , +.Cm seconds , or -.Cm seconds ) , +.Cm ns Pc , the .St -iso8601 format includes the timezone. @@ -327,7 +329,9 @@ which specifies the format in which to display the date and time. The format string may contain any of the conversion specifications described in the .Xr strftime 3 -manual page, as well as any arbitrary text. +manual page and +.Ql %N +for nanoseconds, as well as any arbitrary text. A newline .Pq Ql \en character is always output after the characters specified by @@ -553,6 +557,7 @@ prints: and exits with status 1. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr locale 1 , +.Xr clock_gettime 2 , .Xr gettimeofday 2 , .Xr getutxent 3 , .Xr strftime 3 , @@ -583,6 +588,12 @@ The format selected by the .Fl I flag is compatible with .St -iso8601 . +.Pp +The +.Ql %N +conversion specification for nanoseconds is a non-standard extension. +It is compatible with GNU date's +.Ql %N . .Sh HISTORY A .Nm @@ -601,3 +612,8 @@ The .Fl I flag was added in .Fx 12.0 . +.Pp +The +.Ql %N +conversion specification was added in +.Fx 15.0 . |