.B dp
program treats each argument as a single date,
and prints the date out in the official 822\-format.
-Hence, it is usually best to enclose each argument in double\-quotes for the
+Hence, it is usually best to enclose each argument in quotes for the
shell.
.PP
To override the output format used by
.B \-format
switch must be interpreted as a single token by the shell that invokes
.BR dp .
-Therefore, one must usually place the argument to this switch inside double\-quotes.
+Therefore, one must usually place the argument to this switch inside quotes.