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 # date-tally
 
-tblancher's date-tally program.  Take's input from file or stdin, in the following log format:
+tblancher's date-tally program.  Takes input from file or stdin, in the following log format:
 ```
-tag:date
-tag:date
+tag:timestamp
+tag:timestamp
 ```
-Where `date` is the output of the Linux or macOS `date` program.  E.g.:
+Where `timestamp` is the output of the Linux or macOS `date` program.  E.g.:
 
 ```
 my_tag:Wed Nov  9 12:51:32 EST 2022