Re: Weekday abbreviations in output of cal(1)

[uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost (Valery Ushakov)]

Michael Siegel <msi%malbolge.net@localhost> wrote:

> So, in the output of NetBSD's cal(1), days are abbreviated with one
> letter, except for Tuesday and Thursday.
> 
> I'd say this is:
> 
>   * inconsistent
>   * potentially misleading (Saturday and Sunday are both just "S".)
>   * unnecessarily cryptic
[...]
> So, I'd say that, maybe, changing cal(1) in NetBSD to use two-letter
> abbreviations throughout as well would also be a good thing concerning
> compatibility with what other (widely-used) Unix-like operating systems do.


No objections, but just for context/perspective/pedantry/... :)

2.11 BSD UNIX #1: Fri Jun 9 08:42:54 PDT 1995
    root@SSU-64EN137:/usr/src/sys/SYSTEM

[...]

erase, kill ^U, intr ^C
# cal
usage: cal [month] year
# cal 1 72
   January 72
 S  M Tu  W Th  F  S
          1  2  3  4
 5  6  7  8  9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31

# 

-uwe