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@@ -88,16 +88,14 @@ command, such as \%'11\ minute\ mode' or from dual-booting another OS.
.TQ
.B \-\-get
.br
-Read the Hardware Clock and print the time on standard output.
+Read the Hardware Clock and print its time to standard output in the
+.B ISO 8601
+format.
The time shown is always in local time, even if you keep your Hardware Clock
in UTC. See the
.B \%\-\-localtime
option.
.sp
-The time shown is in same format as that of
-.BR \%date (1)
-by default, and additionally, the number of microseconds is shown.
-.sp
Showing the Hardware Clock time is the default when no function is specified.
.sp
The