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arg-type = time-date;
The argument will be converted into the number of seconds since the epoch. The conversion rules are very complicated, please see the getdate_r(3GNU) man page. There are some additional restrictions:
PKGDATADIR
defined and naming a
valid directory.
DATEMSK
environment variable will be set to the datemsk file
within that directory.
If that file is not accessible for any reason, the string will be parsed as a time duration (see arg-type time-duration) instead of a specific date and time.