From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: JWP Subject: [PATCH] tzset.3: add offset format Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 21:08:52 -0500 Message-ID: <54DEAE34.5090002@gmx.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Michael Kerrisk Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org tzset.3 does not illustrate the POSIX offset format. Specifically, there is no indication in the manual what the optional components of it are. Signed-off-by: J William Piggott --- man3/tzset.3 | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man3/tzset.3 b/man3/tzset.3 index 2bc246c..cfb2d4c 100644 --- a/man3/tzset.3 +++ b/man3/tzset.3 @@ -107,8 +107,12 @@ time to get Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The \fIoffset\fP is positive if the local timezone is west of the Prime Meridian and negative if it is east. -The hour must be between 0 and 24, and the minutes and seconds -0 and 59. +The hour must be between 0 and 24, and the minutes and seconds 00 and 59: +.sp +.RS +.RI [ + | - ] hh [ :mm [ :ss ]] +.RE +.sp .PP The \fIdst\fP string and \fIoffset\fP specify the name and offset for the corresponding daylight saving timezone. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html