From e05ac5aae00913e7a999c96a7bb731dc1d09cc5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: J William Piggott Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 19:28:36 -0500 Subject: hwclock.c, hwclock.8.in: new --show format * hwclock.c: change --get and --show functions to the ISO 8601 format and concatenate fractional seconds to the time display. * hwclock.8.in: document this. Signed-off-by: J William Piggott --- sys-utils/hwclock.8.in | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'sys-utils/hwclock.8.in') diff --git a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in index d72b7a8ee..eddb8647f 100644 --- a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in +++ b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522