From: Peter Schiffer <pschiffe-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: [patch] tzset.3: fix description of "n" format
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:24:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EBC16EC.30905@redhat.com> (raw)
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Hello,
according to [1], description of start/end format of TZ variable says:
...
Jn
This specifies the Julian day, with n between 1 and 365. February 29 is
never counted, even in leap years.
n
This specifies the Julian day, with n between 0 and 365. February 29 is
counted in leap years.
...
This is correct and works. However, man page tzset(3) says:
...
Jn This specifies the Julian day with n between 1 and 365. Febru‐
ary 29 is never counted even in leap years.
n This specifies the Julian day with n between 1 and 365. Febru‐
ary 29 is counted in leap years.
...
For "n" format, interval should be "between 0 and 365". Attached patch
is solving this issue.
Version of man pages: 3.35
peter
[1] http://www.gnu.org/s/hello/manual/libc/TZ-Variable.html
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diff -up man-pages-3.35/man3/tzset.3.tmp man-pages-3.35/man3/tzset.3
--- man-pages-3.35/man3/tzset.3.tmp 2011-10-04 08:34:45.000000000 +0200
+++ man-pages-3.35/man3/tzset.3 2011-11-10 18:47:07.868969045 +0100
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ This specifies the Julian day with \fIn\
February 29 is never counted even in leap years.
.TP
.I n
-This specifies the Julian day with \fIn\fP between 1 and 365.
+This specifies the Julian day with \fIn\fP between 0 and 365.
February 29 is counted in leap years.
.TP
M\fIm\fP.\fIw\fP.\fId\fP
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-10 18:24 Peter Schiffer [this message]
[not found] ` <4EBC16EC.30905-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-14 14:29 ` [patch] tzset.3: fix description of "n" format Peter Schiffer
2012-03-24 3:11 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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