From 130d794d1e169870967f8cbb047c5a35891cbfb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Schwarze Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:17:28 +0000 Subject: date handling needs cleanup --- TODO | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 7864d49c..0bc7d535 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ************************************************************************ * Official mandoc TODO. -* $Id: TODO,v 1.90 2011/02/09 10:03:02 kristaps Exp $ +* $Id: TODO,v 1.91 2011/02/27 14:17:28 schwarze Exp $ ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3-56-ge451