diff mercurial/util.py @ 13886:fe48c57390f2

help/dates: use DATE as place-holder in help and abort texts

The use of "{datetime}" was unfortunate since I as a user never knew
if I was expected to do

  hg log -d '>{2011-04-01}'

or

  hg log -d '>2011-04-01'

The word "datetime" is also confusing -- calling it a date it much
simpler.

--- a/mercurial/util.py	Tue Apr 05 11:07:25 2011 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/util.py	Tue Apr 05 10:01:39 2011 +0200
@@ -1196,12 +1196,12 @@
         raise Abort(_("dates cannot consist entirely of whitespace"))
     elif date[0] == "<":
         if not date[1:]:
-            raise Abort(_("invalid day spec. use '<{datetime}' "))
+            raise Abort(_("invalid day spec, use '<DATE'"))
         when = upper(date[1:])
         return lambda x: x <= when
     elif date[0] == ">":
         if not date[1:]:
-            raise Abort(_("invalid day spec. use '>{datetime}' "))
+            raise Abort(_("invalid day spec, use '>DATE'"))
         when = lower(date[1:])
         return lambda x: x >= when
     elif date[0] == "-":