From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.21]:65367 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755837AbbBPMzj (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Feb 2015 07:55:39 -0500 Message-ID: <54E1E8C3.30704@gmx.com> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 07:55:31 -0500 From: J William Piggott MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Karel Zak CC: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] hwclock: improve man-page language Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Signed-off-by: J William Piggott --- sys-utils/hwclock.8.in | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in index 7ddd2b1..b13be31 100644 --- a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in +++ b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in @@ -993,12 +993,13 @@ A discussion on date-time configuration would be incomplete without addressing timezones, this is mostly well covered by .BR tzset (3). One area that seems to have no documentation is the 'right' -directory of the Time Zone Database, aka tz, aka zoneinfo. +directory of the Time Zone Database, sometimes called tz or zoneinfo. .PP There are two separate databases in the zoneinfo system, posix and 'right'. 'Right' (now named zoneinfo\-leaps) includes leap seconds and posix -does not. To use the 'right' database the System Clock must be kept in -\%UTC\ +\ leap_seconds, i.e., \%TAI\ \-\ 10. This allows calculating the +does not. To use the 'right' database the System Clock must be set to +\%(UTC\ +\ leap seconds), which is equivalent to \%(TAI\ \-\ 10). This +allows calculating the exact number of seconds between two dates that cross a leap second epoch. The System Clock is then converted to the correct civil time, including UTC, by using the 'right' timezone files which subtract the