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+++ b/pom/pom.6
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: pom.6,v 1.6 1998/06/13 01:09:22 jeremy Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: pom.6,v 1.13 2005/09/15 02:09:41 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1993
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -11,11 +11,7 @@
 .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 .\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 .\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
-.\"    must display the following acknowledgement:
-.\"    This product includes software developed by the University of
-.\"    California, Berkeley and its contributors.
-.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
 .\"    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
 .\"    without specific prior written permission.
 .\"
@@ -33,29 +29,43 @@
 .\"
 .\"    @(#)pom.6       8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
 .\"
-.Dd May 31, 1993
+.Dd January 9, 1999
 .Dt POM 6
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
-.Nm pom 
+.Nm pom
 .Nd display the phase of the moon
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
-.Op Ar secs
+.Op [[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
 utility displays the current phase of the moon.
-Useful for selecting software completion target dates and predicting 
+Useful for selecting software completion target dates and predicting
 managerial behavior.
 .Pp
-.Bl -tag -width secs
-.It Ar secs
-Display the phase of the moon for the date represented by
-.Ar secs
-seconds past the Epoch
-(Midnight, January 1, 1970 GMT).
-If
-.Ar secs
-is unspecified, the current time is used.
+.Bl -tag -width [[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]
+.It Ar [[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]
+Display the phase of the moon for a given time.
+The format is similar to the canonical representation used by
+.Xr date 1 .
 .El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr date 1
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.Nm
+was written by
+.An Keith E. Brandt .
+.Sh BUGS
+Times must be within range of the
+.Ux
+epoch.
+.Pp
+This program does not allow for the difference between the TDT and
+UTC timescales (about one minute at the time of writing).
+.Sh ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+This program is based on algorithms from
+.%B Practical Astronomy with Your Calculator, Third Edition
+by Peter Duffett-Smith
+.Aq pjds@mrao.cam.ac.uk .