Use a universally understood example time (with AM, which is even easier

to understand)
from Edgar Pettijohn

diff --git a/bin/date/date.1 b/bin/date/date.1
index 78605f1..d8f1981 100644 (file)
--- a/bin/date/date.1
+++ b/bin/date/date.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $OpenBSD: date.1,v 1.71 2019/08/08 02:17:51 cheloha Exp $
+.\"    $OpenBSD: date.1,v 1.72 2021/04/29 00:47:53 deraadt Exp $
 .\"    $NetBSD: date.1,v 1.12 1996/03/12 04:32:37 phil Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)date.1     8.3 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: August 8 2019 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: April 29 2021 $
 .Dt DATE 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ without modifying the date:
 .Dl # date 1432
 .Pp
 If the mailing list server located in California
-is being taken offline at 05.45,
+is being taken offline at 5:45 AM,
 work out what time it will be locally, here in Tokyo:
 .Pp
 .Dl $ TZ=America/Los_Angeles date -j -z Asia/Tokyo 0545