=item RRD::TIME::NOW I<strftime-format>
-This gets replaced by the current time of day. The
-time is I<strftime>-formatted with the string specified in the argument.
+This gets replaced by the current time of day. The time is
+I<strftime>-formatted with the string specified in the argument.
+
+Note that if you return : from your strftime format you may have to escape
+them using \ if the time is to be used as an argument to a GRAPH command.
=item RRD::TIME::STRFTIME I<START|END> I<start-spec> I<end-spec> I<strftime-format>
to allow pretty titles on graphs with times that are easier for non RRDtool
folks to figure out than "-2weeks".
+Note that if you return : from your strftime format you may have to escape
+them using \ if the time is to be used as an argument to a GRAPH command.
+
=item RRD::GRAPH I<rrdgraph arguments>
This tag creates the RRD graph defined in its argument and then gets