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> ori@eigenstate.org once said:
>>  When parsing, this makes the following argument match fuzzily.
>> +When formatting, this is ignored.
>>  Fuzzy matching means that all formats are tried, from most to least specific.
>>  For example,
> 
> The word "fuzzily" is a bit silly and this rule is not like
> approximate string matching nor fuzzy logic.
> 
> How about:
> 
> 	When parsing, all formats of the following argument are tried
> 	from most to least specific. For example, ?M will match January,
> 	Jan, 01, and 1, in that order. When formatting, this is ignored.
> 
> Cheers,
>   Anthony

I like that much better, thanks!

If there are revisions to the diff, I'll roll them in, if not,
it'll be in the commit.