From 5596ab1ec793bad08713371b37f6ebf993866c7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Gras Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:24:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Minor corrections by ASW. --- man/man5/TZ.5 | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/man5/TZ.5 b/man/man5/TZ.5 index dfe3eb696..7751858bc 100644 --- a/man/man5/TZ.5 +++ b/man/man5/TZ.5 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ A three or more letter name for the time zone in normal (winter) time. A signed time telling the offset of the time zone westwards from Greenwich. The time has the form .I hh[:mm[:ss]] -with a one of two digit hour, and optional two digit minutes and seconds. +with a one or two digit hour, and optional two digit minutes and seconds. .TP .I dst The name of the time zone when daylight saving is in effect. It may @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ field indicates the time the changeover occurs on the given day. Greenwich Mean Time: .PP .RS -.B TZ=GMT0 +.B TZ='GMT0' .RE .PP Central European Time, 1 hour east from Greenwich, daylight saving starts on @@ -102,18 +102,18 @@ British time, daylight saving starts and ends at the same moment as CET, but in an earlier time zone: .PP .RS -.B TZ=GMT0BST,M3.5.0/1,M10.5.0/2 +.B TZ='GMT0BST,M3.5.0/1,M10.5.0/2' .RE .PP The eastern european time zones also have the changeovers at the same absolute time as British time and CET. .PP U.S. Eastern Standard Time, 5 hours west from Greenwich, daylight saving -starts on the second Sunday in March at 2 AM and ends on the first Sunday -in November at 2 AM: +starts on the second Sunday in March at 2 AM and ends on the first Sunday in +November at 2 AM: .PP .RS -.B TZ=EST5EDT,M3.2.0/2,M11.1.0/2 +.B TZ='EST5EDT,M3.2.0/2,M11.1.0/2' .RE .PP It shouldn't surprise you that daylight saving in New Zealand is observed @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ in the months opposite from the previous examples. It starts on the first Sunday in October at 2 AM and ends on the third Sunday in March at 3 AM: .PP .RS -.B TZ=NZST\-12NZDT,M10.1.0/2,M3.3.0/3 +.B TZ='NZST\-12NZDT,M10.1.0/2,M3.3.0/3' .RE .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR readclock (8), @@ -136,3 +136,5 @@ West is negative, east is positive, ask any sailor. Next year's time zone and daylight saving time are determined by politicians. .SH AUTHOR Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl) + +.\" corrected for US/Canada 2007 changes by ASW 2007-02-20 -- 2.44.0