From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7EE6F14BF92 for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:50:05 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1769352605; cv=none; b=EC8rcaOtERT7jfjX3iY91s+2seKRrCC8wTXFf/LYQ9IvonN7QqJymrnrbUHeIlMXFAbQtYOJZDCuIr/ktzcXQWkFC5L3/yoECMO3V0Jfn1fim18yRjeDRQmddlvEREwdKZjoLrv2ANGZG665GrtNDZwCqCttz5L6WzDVWV6dS9k= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1769352605; c=relaxed/simple; bh=k3hs6dWwk3AjWbixTZf67twOHHw1b/OlhpF0jXY4ITY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=sGqHWOw7r8tnK06PtWFefQdNziZp6AscLxYkHYS33CG9xLHONi/dXAsFVuQ3EvwJLvw3BGuKoWhHcm5iWw8p7fwoNvMGaLgSGcb6PQ6RPeMrBQA5XT7S0bT8ThWRxTg9U+WVKgPnH6Dx5tLR67w+WbegXaMj+XP32B6ZDdOJs8g= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=rDKwICg2; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="rDKwICg2" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 34A4EC4CEF1; Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:50:04 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1769352605; bh=k3hs6dWwk3AjWbixTZf67twOHHw1b/OlhpF0jXY4ITY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=rDKwICg2qAGjrTxyRzHeCsJJz/nqxIYieDtIs2+eVyCqvPLvz3SBJuMI8khLNBpfG JRQJSOrNyLcVgZ3Wb5B+LdZn4NgsX2aecHSmXiuUOI8NSJPPDQhn2DFeaxvdcs/jAK dhmIIueM7rVBRf+3FJIbju/VGHN8hijomaoje34fASR/+WYIjN6S7g9Ui0p4ejdVSq et2dGZAF54QAkSLJ/tmKZIT3waLNz3f2J253bfsVnHHxTSjzeFQbP0iUgEAe6x0RNb IV+CtbemtKyOlqct/8gCFnLCVGYm1L16GJ9LJnZRL1v/JxOkjw7+meXssxyt6o5aJm zCe7rJEzxSL/w== Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:50:01 +0100 From: Alejandro Colomar To: Michael Aramini Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, bug-coreutils@gnu.org Subject: Re: man-pages bug report for "date(1) =?utf-8?B?4oCUIExpbnU=?= =?utf-8?Q?x?= manual page" Message-ID: References: <45b09795-42ce-41fe-92b7-fbf08b121639.ref@Verizon.net> <45b09795-42ce-41fe-92b7-fbf08b121639@Verizon.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="sqxhvmbir3ecot4f" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45b09795-42ce-41fe-92b7-fbf08b121639@Verizon.net> --sqxhvmbir3ecot4f Content-Type: text/plain; protected-headers=v1; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Alejandro Colomar To: Michael Aramini Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, bug-coreutils@gnu.org Subject: Re: man-pages bug report for "date(1) =?utf-8?B?4oCUIExpbnU=?= =?utf-8?Q?x?= manual page" Message-ID: References: <45b09795-42ce-41fe-92b7-fbf08b121639.ref@Verizon.net> <45b09795-42ce-41fe-92b7-fbf08b121639@Verizon.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <45b09795-42ce-41fe-92b7-fbf08b121639@Verizon.net> Hi Michael, On Sun, Jan 25, 2026 at 09:02:05AM -0500, Michael Aramini wrote: > Alejandro, et al., >=20 > This is a /man-pages/ bug report for "date(1) =E2=80=94 Linux manual page= " ( > https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/date.1.html ) pertaining to formatt= ing > of the man page. The date(1) manual page is maintained by GNU coreutils; it's not part of the Linux man-pages project. I've CCed them. >=20 > The line >=20 > *date *[/-u|--utc|--universal/] [/MMDDhhmm/[[/CC/]/YY/][/.ss/]] >=20 > represented in HTML as >=20 > date [-u|--utc|--universal] > [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]] >=20 > should, following man page formatting style, be formatted >=20 > *date *[*-u*|*--utc*|*--universal*] [/MMDDhhmm/[[/CC/]/YY/][*.*/ss= /]] >=20 > represented in HTML as >=20 > date [|--utc|--universal] > [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]] >=20 > I.e. the "*-u*", "*--utc*", "*--universal*", and decimal point should be > (*non*-italic) *bold*=C2=A0as they are are not variables, but are potenti= ally > verbatim text on the command line.=C2=A0 Also, the vertical bars are synt= ax > symbols, which are neither variables nor verbatim text, thus should be in > regular/roman typeface, *not*=C2=A0italic (nor bold). I agree with the bug report. > -Michael Have a lovely day! 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