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List:       busybox
Subject:    Re: Date doesn't like field separators
From:       Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2013-10-16 18:10:05
Message-ID: 201310162010.05899.vda.linux () googlemail ! com
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On Wednesday 25 September 2013 21:49, Jody Lee Bruchon wrote:
> I am using the date command to process dates from a text file in the typical \
> American "mm/dd/yyyy" format.

date applet would become way too big if it will attempt to support
everything coreutils date does.

"date --help" shows accepted formats. All of these are selected
to be also acceptable for coreutils date, and to include
modern standard form of YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS

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vda
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