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13 .Op Fl c Bo Ar loyear Ns , Bc Ns Ar hiyear
14 .Op Fl t Bo Ar lotime Ns , Bc Ns Ar hitime
19 utility prints the current time in each
21 named on the command line.
23 The following options are available:
24 .Bl -tag -width indent
29 print the time at the lowest possible time value,
30 the time one day after the lowest possible time value,
31 the times both one second before and exactly at
32 each detected time discontinuity,
33 the time at one day less than the highest possible time value,
34 and the time at the highest possible time value,
37 if the given time is Daylight Saving Time or
43 except omit the times relative to the extreme time values.
44 This generates output that is easier to compare to that of implementations
45 with different time representations.
46 .It Fl c Bo Ar loyear Ns , Bc Ns Ar hiyear
47 Cut off verbose output near the start of the given year(s).
49 the program cuts off verbose output near the starts of the years -500 and 2500.
50 .It Fl t Bo Ar lotime Ns , Bc Ns Ar hitime
51 Cut off verbose output at the start of the given time(s), given in decimal
52 seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC.
57 option may not be used on systems with floating-point
59 values that are neither float nor double.
61 Time discontinuities are found by sampling the results returned by
63 at twelve-hour intervals.
64 This works in all real-world cases;
65 one can construct artificial time zones for which this fails.
69 denotes the value returned by
71 which uses UTC for modern time stamps and some other UT flavor for time
72 stamps that predate the introduction of UTC.
73 No attempt is currently made to have the output use
77 for older time stamps, partly because the exact date of the introduction of