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Fix bad behaviour when specifying an invalid date (issue700)

commit (aborts _after_ typing in a commit message)
backout (aborted after the initial revert)
tag (edited .hgtags and couldn't commit)
import (patch applied, then commit fails)
qnew (aborts on bad dates, but writes any valid date into the # Date header)
qrefresh (like qnew)
sign (like tag)
fetch (merge, merge, merge, merge, abort)

Mercurial's documentation is currently kept in ASCIIDOC format, which
is a simple plain text format that's easy to read and edit. It's also
convertible to a variety of other formats including standard UNIX man
page format and HTML.

To do this, you'll need to install ASCIIDOC:

 http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/

To generate the man page:

 asciidoc -d manpage -b docbook hg.1.txt
 xmlto man hg.1.xml

To display:

 groff -mandoc -Tascii hg.1 | more

To create the html page (without stylesheets):

 asciidoc -b html4 hg.1.txt

(older asciidoc may want html instead of html4 above)