From: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kerolasa@iki.fi
Subject: [PATCH 11/15] docs: add --time-format option and ISO-8601 format to manual
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:53:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1371408836-16663-12-git-send-email-kerolasa@iki.fi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1371408836-16663-1-git-send-email-kerolasa@iki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
---
sys-utils/dmesg.1 | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
diff --git a/sys-utils/dmesg.1 b/sys-utils/dmesg.1
index c060688..ce186d8 100644
--- a/sys-utils/dmesg.1
+++ b/sys-utils/dmesg.1
@@ -153,6 +153,28 @@ Wait for new messages. This feature is supported on systems with readable
/dev/kmsg only (since kernel 3.5.0).
.IP "\fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-decode\fR"
Decode facility and level (priority) number to human readable prefixes.
+.IP "\fB\-\-time\-format\fR \fIformat\fR"
+Print time stam using format
+.IR ctime ,
+.IR delta ,
+.I reltime
+or
+.IR iso .
+The three first time formats are aliases of time format specific options.
+The
+.I iso
+is a
+.B dmesg
+implementation of ISO-8601 timestamp format. Purpose of this format is
+to make comparing of timestamps in between two system, and other parsing,
+easy. The defition of timestamp is YYYY-MM-DD<T stands for date and time
+separator>HH:MM:SS,<microseconds><-+><GMT-0 timezone offset>.
+.IP
+The
+.I iso
+time format has the same issue as
+.IR ctime ,
+the time may be inaccurate if a system is suspended and resumed.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR syslogd (8)
.SH AUTHORS
--
1.8.3.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-16 18:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-16 18:53 [PATCH 00/15] pull: sfdisk and dmesg resubmission, plus bits and bobs Sami Kerola
2013-06-16 18:53 ` [PATCH 01/15] renice: exit with non-zero value when arguments cause warnings Sami Kerola
2013-06-16 18:53 ` [PATCH 02/15] sfdisk: use libc error printing function, and symbolic exit values Sami Kerola
2013-06-16 18:53 ` [PATCH 03/15] sfdisk: clean up usage() functions Sami Kerola
2013-06-16 18:53 ` [PATCH 04/15] sfdisk: use program_invocation_short_name to determine program name Sami Kerola
2013-06-16 18:53 ` [PATCH 05/15] docs: correct sfdisk --activate instructions Sami Kerola
2013-06-16 18:53 ` [PATCH 06/15] sfdisk: remove --unhide and related functions Sami Kerola
2013-06-16 18:53 ` [PATCH 07/15] sfdisk: replace my_warn() with warnx() Sami Kerola
2013-06-16 18:53 ` [PATCH 08/15] dmesg: convert time format bitfield to enum Sami Kerola
2013-07-01 9:36 ` Karel Zak
2013-06-16 18:53 ` [PATCH 09/15] dmesg: add --time-format option Sami Kerola
2013-06-16 18:53 ` [PATCH 10/15] dmesg: add iso-8601 time format Sami Kerola
2013-07-01 9:25 ` Karel Zak
2013-07-01 10:54 ` Sami Kerola
2013-06-16 18:53 ` Sami Kerola [this message]
2013-06-16 18:53 ` [PATCH 12/15] dmesg: regroup time related options close to each other Sami Kerola
2013-06-16 18:53 ` [PATCH 13/15] sd-daemon: update files taken from systemd project Sami Kerola
2013-06-16 18:53 ` [PATCH 14/15] hexdump: remove unnecessary global variables Sami Kerola
2013-09-02 23:22 ` Dave Reisner
2013-09-03 7:15 ` Sami Kerola
2013-09-03 8:29 ` Karel Zak
2013-06-16 18:53 ` [PATCH 15/15] hexdump: use simple printing functions when possible Sami Kerola
2013-07-01 9:01 ` Karel Zak
2013-07-01 10:58 ` Sami Kerola
2013-06-17 12:31 ` [PATCH 00/15] pull: sfdisk and dmesg resubmission, plus bits and bobs Karel Zak
2013-06-17 20:14 ` Sami Kerola
2013-07-01 9:39 ` Karel Zak
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