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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/zic/Theory b/usr.sbin/zic/Theory index 93a07c0..2e34663 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/zic/Theory +++ b/usr.sbin/zic/Theory @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -@(#)Theory 7.2 +@(#)Theory 7.4 These time and date functions are much like the System V Release 2.0 (SVR2) time and date functions; there are a few additions and changes to extend @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ These are the changes that have been made to the SVR2 functions: abbreviations are used. It was recognized that allowing the "TZ" environment variable to - take on values such as "US/Eastern" might cause "old" programs + take on values such as "America/New_York" might cause "old" programs (that expect "TZ" to have a certain form) to operate incorrectly; consideration was given to using some other environment variable (for example, "TIMEZONE") to hold the string used to generate the @@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ These are the changes that have been made to the SVR2 functions: best approximation to local wall clock time to be delivered by subsequent calls to "localtime." Source code for portable applications that "must" run on local wall clock time should call - "tzsetwall();" if such code is moved to "old" systems that don't provide - tzsetwall, you won't be able to generate an executable program. + "tzsetwall();" if such code is moved to "old" systems that don't + provide tzsetwall, you won't be able to generate an executable program. (These time zone functions also arrange for local wall clock time to be used if tzset is called--directly or indirectly--and there's no "TZ" environment variable; portable applications should not, however, rely @@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ Points of interest to folks with Version 7 or BSD systems: time zone abbreviation, and we refuse to guess. Programs that in the past used the timezone function may now examine tzname[localtime(&clock)->tm_isdst] to learn the correct time - zone abbreviation to use. Alternatively, use localtime(&clock)->tm_zone - if this has been enabled. + zone abbreviation to use. Alternatively, use + localtime(&clock)->tm_zone if this has been enabled. * The BSD gettimeofday function is not used in this package; this lets users control the time zone used in doing time conversions. @@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ Points of interest to folks with Version 7 or BSD systems: file "/etc/zoneinfo/localtime"; see the time zone compiler writeup for information on how to initialize this file. -The functions that are conditionally compiled if STD_INSPIRED is defined should, -at this point, be looked on primarily as food for thought. They are not in -any sense "standard compatible"--some are not, in fact, specified in *any* -standard. They do, however, represent responses of various authors to +The functions that are conditionally compiled if STD_INSPIRED is defined +should, at this point, be looked on primarily as food for thought. They are +not in any sense "standard compatible"--some are not, in fact, specified in +*any* standard. They do, however, represent responses of various authors to standardization proposals. Other time conversion proposals, in particular the one developed by folks at |
