--- coreutils.texi	Wed May 14 14:58:13 2003
+++ coreutils-pb.texi	Thu Jun  5 13:11:46 2003
@@ -10469,9 +10469,6 @@
 @cindex beginning of time
 seconds since the epoch, i.e., 1 January 1970 00:00:00 UTC (a
 GNU extension).
-Note that this value is the number of seconds between the epoch
-and the current date as defined by the localtime system call.
-It isn't changed by the @option{--date} option.
 @item %S
 second (00@dots{}60).  The range is [00@dots{}60], and not [00@dots{}59],
 in order to accommodate the occasional positive leap second.