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@@ -751,6 +751,10 @@ Note that the `-local` option does not affect the seconds-since-epoch
value (which is always measured in UTC), but does switch the accompanying
timezone value.
+
+`--date=unix` shows the date as a Unix epoch timestamp (seconds since
+1970). As with `--raw`, this is always in UTC and therefore `-local`
+has no effect.
++
`--date=format:...` feeds the format `...` to your system `strftime`.
Use `--date=format:%c` to show the date in your system locale's
preferred format. See the `strftime` manual for a complete list of