Bug 24166

On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 04:28:27PM -0800, taz@lagmonster.org wrote:
> 
> >Number:         24166
> >Category:       misc
> >Synopsis:       Allow Date to generate an RFC-822 Compliant output.
> >Originator:     David Alexander
> >Release:        4.2
> >Organization:
> Lagmonster Org.
> >Environment:
> No problems.
> >Description:
> It would be nice to have Date generate (perhaps with a -R switch) an RFC-822
> formatted output. It would be nice to be able to offset it. (I am looking for
> a non-converted format to push cookies and other HTTP standard date format
> uses.

If you mean date(1) (/bin/date), it can generate output in any format you
specify.  See the date(1) and strftime(3) manpages (strftime.3 is referenced
in the SEE ALSO section of date.1).  For RFC-822 compliant output, use:

date '+%a, %e %b %Y %T %z (%Z)'

You could even make a tiny shell script to do that, if you don't want all
those format chars in the way:

#!/bin/sh
exec /bin/date '+%a, %e %b %Y %T %z (%Z)'

Does that suffice? :)

G'luck,
Peter

-- 
What would this sentence be like if pi were 3?

I don't see too many people interested in such new functionality
in date(1); however, you could try the attached patch on your
local systems (it is against -current, but applies cleanly to -stable).

G'luck,
Peter

-- 
This sentence claims to be an Epimenides paradox, but it is lying.


On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 11:40:03PM -0800, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR misc/24166; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
> To: taz@lagmonster.org
> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
> Subject: Re: misc/24166: Allow Date to generate an RFC-822 Compliant output.
> Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 09:35:49 +0200
> 
>  On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 04:28:27PM -0800, taz@lagmonster.org wrote:
>  > 
>  > >Number:         24166
>  > >Category:       misc
>  > >Synopsis:       Allow Date to generate an RFC-822 Compliant output.
>  > >Originator:     David Alexander
>  > >Release:        4.2
>  > >Organization:
>  > Lagmonster Org.
>  > >Environment:
>  > No problems.
>  > >Description:
>  > It would be nice to have Date generate (perhaps with a -R switch) an RFC-822
>  > formatted output. It would be nice to be able to offset it. (I am looking for
>  > a non-converted format to push cookies and other HTTP standard date format
>  > uses.
>  
>  If you mean date(1) (/bin/date), it can generate output in any format you
>  specify.  See the date(1) and strftime(3) manpages (strftime.3 is referenced
>  in the SEE ALSO section of date.1).  For RFC-822 compliant output, use:
>  
>  date '+%a, %e %b %Y %T %z (%Z)'
>  
>  You could even make a tiny shell script to do that, if you don't want all
>  those format chars in the way:
>  
>  #!/bin/sh
>  exec /bin/date '+%a, %e %b %Y %T %z (%Z)'
>  
>  Does that suffice? :)

Index: src/bin/date/date.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/bin/date/date.1,v
retrieving revision 1.51
diff -u -r1.51 date.1
--- src/bin/date/date.1	2001/03/16 02:20:24	1.51
+++ src/bin/date/date.1	2001/03/30 12:27:27
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 .Nd display or set date and time
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
-.Op Fl jnu
+.Op Fl Rjnu
 .Op Fl d Ar dst
 .Op Fl r Ar seconds
 .Op Fl t Ar minutes_west
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@
 .Pp
 The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl R
+Print the date in RFC-822 format.
 .It Fl d Ar dst
 Set the kernel's value for daylight saving time.
 If
Index: src/bin/date/date.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/bin/date/date.c,v
retrieving revision 1.35
diff -u -r1.35 date.c
--- src/bin/date/date.c	2000/08/16 05:14:49	1.35
+++ src/bin/date/date.c	2001/03/30 12:27:28
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 {
 	struct timezone tz;
 	int ch, rflag;
+	int Rflag;
 	int jflag, nflag;
 	char *format, buf[1024];
 	char *endptr, *fmt;
@@ -92,11 +93,15 @@
 	fmt = NULL;
 	(void) setlocale(LC_TIME, "");
 	tz.tz_dsttime = tz.tz_minuteswest = 0;
+	Rflag = 0;
 	rflag = 0;
 	jflag = nflag = 0;
 	set_timezone = 0;
-	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "d:f:jnr:t:uv:")) != -1)
+	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "Rd:f:jnr:t:uv:")) != -1)
 		switch((char)ch) {
+		case 'R':
+			Rflag = 1;
+			break;
 		case 'd':		/* daylight savings time */
 			tz.tz_dsttime = strtol(optarg, &endptr, 10) ? 1 : 0;
 			if (endptr == optarg || *endptr != '\0')
@@ -146,7 +151,10 @@
 	if (!rflag && time(&tval) == -1)
 		err(1, "time");
 
-	format = "%+";
+	if (!Rflag)
+		format = "%+";
+	else
+		format = "%a, %e %b %Y %T %z (%Z)";
 
 	/* allow the operands in any order */
 	if (*argv && **argv == '+') {

Comment 3 Jens Schweikhardt 2001-06-14 11:16:46 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Committed maintainer change.