etymology of "date" error message sought

Tue Mar 13 03:26:51 AEST 1984

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In System V (I don't know about BSD), if you invoke "date" with
any options, you get the message:  "date: no TOY clock".
What is a TOY clock?  Does this have anything to do with the TOY
OS some folks are inquiring about?
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