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authorKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2010-05-26 14:03:54 +0000
committerKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2010-05-26 14:03:54 +0000
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Allow bad -man dates to flow verbatim into the front-ends. Noted by
Ulrich Spoerlein.
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@@ -809,8 +809,9 @@ arguments must be provided.
The
.Cm date
argument should be formatted as described in
-.Sx Dates :
-if it does not conform, the current date is used instead.
+.Sx Dates ,
+but will be printed verbatim if it is not.
+If the date is not specified, the current date is used.
The
.Cm source
string specifies the organisation providing the utility.