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authorIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2011-02-27 14:17:28 +0000
committerIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2011-02-27 14:17:28 +0000
commit2d69adf810fd4bbdd2db0a89bd3f90a5d65821f4 (patch)
treedc506c400d0686bdb69f8176ca4ab9c37b93b063
parenta5961c86f30ad21cd8135e202550ca31520d4e6a (diff)
downloadmandoc-2d69adf810fd4bbdd2db0a89bd3f90a5d65821f4.tar.gz
date handling needs cleanup
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@@ -305,4 +305,12 @@ Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even faster. These are
- Find better ways to prevent endless loops
in roff(7) macro and string expansion.
-
+
+- Clean up date handling.
+ Store dates as strings, not time numbers.
+ When the format is not recognized, just use the string from the input.
+ When the format is recognized, normalize the string to whatever
+ format is standard at the respective place.
+ Decide which formats should be recognized where.
+ Update both mdoc(7) and man(7) documentation.
+ Triggered by Tim van der Molen Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:30:45 +0100