diff --git a/LDATE b/LDATE
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+++ b/LDATE
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -x
+date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z %Z' "$@"
diff --git a/LDATEl b/LDATEl
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+++ b/LDATEl
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -x
+date +"%Y.%m.%d (week %U day %j) %a - %T %z %Z"
diff --git a/RPMDATE b/RPMDATE
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+++ b/RPMDATE
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+LC_ALL="C" date +'%a %b %d %Y'