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diff --git a/bin/date/date.1 b/bin/date/date.1
--- a/bin/date/date.1
+++ b/bin/date/date.1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\" @(#)date.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd November 3, 2021
+.Dd May 31, 2022
.Dt DATE 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -227,7 +227,15 @@
in the range 0-23, month days are in the range 1-31, week days are in the
range 0-6 (Sun-Sat),
months are in the range 1-12 (Jan-Dec)
-and years are in the range 80-38 or 1980-2038.
+and years are in a limited range depending on the platform.
+.Pp
+On i386, years are in the range 69-38 representing 1969-2038.
+On every other platform, years 0-68 are accepted and represent 2000-2068, and
+69-99 are accepted and represent 1969-1999.
+In both cases, years between 100 and 1900 (both included) are accepted and
+interpreted as relative to 1900 of the Gregorian calendar with a limit of 138 on
+i386 and a much higher limit on every other platform.
+Years starting at 1901 are also accepted, and are interpreted as absolute years.
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