[lintian] 01/01: d/s-v/release-dates: Suggest "date +%s -s …" instead of libtimedate-perl

[Axel Beckert <abe@deuxchevaux.org>]

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commit 305c38c64f144291e05e457f185b0ae787887b9f
Author: Axel Beckert <abe@deuxchevaux.org>
Date:   Fri Dec 1 09:43:29 2017 +0100

    d/s-v/release-dates: Suggest "date +%s -s …" instead of libtimedate-perl
---
 data/standards-version/release-dates | 4 +---
 debian/changelog                     | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/data/standards-version/release-dates b/data/standards-version/release-dates
index 4ffe925..f790257 100644
--- a/data/standards-version/release-dates
+++ b/data/standards-version/release-dates
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
 #
 # To get the date of a new standards version, try:
 #
-#     perl -MDate::Parse -e 'print str2time("<date of release>"), "\n"'
-#
-# You'll need libtimedate-perl installed.
+#     date '+%s' -s '<date of release>'
 
 4.1.2  1512080585
 4.1.1  1506553200
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3c5a0f3..0d5c1c2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ lintian (2.5.61) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * data/standards-version/release-dates:
     + [AB] Add 4.1.2 as known standards version.
+    + [AB] Suggest "date +%s -s …" instead of libtimedate-perl.
 
   * debian/control:
     + [AB] Declare compliance with Debian Policy 4.1.2.

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