From 14a2802aba5f210e4aad1daaa75a0f36857090b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 17:01:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] A few typos and minor formatting fixes. --- doc/getdate.texi | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/getdate.texi b/doc/getdate.texi index c07dc5e..46fdea6 100644 --- a/doc/getdate.texi +++ b/doc/getdate.texi @@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ midnight, 1 January 1970 UCT. @menu * General date syntax:: Common rules. -* Calendar date item:: 19 Dec 1994. -* Time of day item:: 9:20pm. -* Time zone item:: EST, DST, BST, UTC, ... -* Day of week item:: Monday and others. -* Relative item in date strings:: next tuesday, 2 years ago. +* Calendar date items:: 19 Dec 1994. +* Time of day items:: 9:20pm. +* Time zone items:: EST, DST, BST, UTC, ... +* Day of week items:: Monday and others. +* Relative items in date strings:: next tuesday, 2 years ago. * Pure numbers in date strings:: 19931219, 1440. * Authors of getdate:: Bellovin, Salz, Berets, et al. @end menu @@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ nested. Hyphens not followed by a digit are currently ignored. Leading zeros on numbers are ignored. -@node Calendar date item -@section Calendar date item +@node Calendar date items +@section Calendar date items @cindex calendar date item @@ -113,13 +113,14 @@ specified differently, depending on whether the month is specified numerically or literally. All these strings specify the same calendar date: @example -1972-09-24 # ISO 8601. -72-9-24 # Assume 19xx for 69 through 99, 20xx for 00 through 68. -72-09-24 # Leading zeros are ignored. -9/24/72 # Common U.S. writing. +1972-09-24 # ISO 8601. +72-9-24 # Assume 19xx for 69 through 99, + # 20xx for 00 through 68. +72-09-24 # Leading zeros are ignored. +9/24/72 # Common U.S. writing. 24 September 1972 -24 Sept 72 # September has a special abbreviation. -24 Sep 72 # Three-letter abbreviations always allowed. +24 Sept 72 # September has a special abbreviation. +24 Sep 72 # Three-letter abbreviations always allowed. Sep 24, 1972 24-sep-72 24sep72 @@ -173,8 +174,8 @@ Or, omitting the year: @end example -@node Time of day item -@section Time of day item +@node Time of day items +@section Time of day items @cindex time of day item @@ -223,8 +224,8 @@ Either @samp{am}/@samp{pm} or a time zone correction may be specified, but not both. -@node Time zone item -@section Time zone item +@node Time zone items +@section Time zone items @cindex time zone item @@ -343,8 +344,8 @@ may be specified. @end table -@node Day of week item -@section Day of week item +@node Day of week items +@section Day of week items @cindex day of week item @@ -423,12 +424,12 @@ one day in the past (equivalent to @samp{day ago}). The strings @samp{now} or @samp{today} are relative items corresponding to zero-valued time displacement, these strings come from the fact a zero-valued time displacement represents the current time when not -otherwise change by previous items. They may be used to stress other +otherwise changed by previous items. They may be used to stress other items, like in @samp{12:00 today}. The string @samp{this} also has the meaning of a zero-valued time displacement, but is preferred in date strings like @samp{this thursday}. -When a relative item makes the resulting date to cross the boundary +When a relative item causes the resulting date to cross the boundary between DST and non-DST (or vice-versa), the hour is adjusted according to the local time. @@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ to the local time. @cindex pure numbers in date strings -The precise intepretation of a pure decimal number is dependent of +The precise intepretation of a pure decimal number depends the context in the date string. If the decimal number is of the form @var{yyyy}@var{mm}@var{dd} and no -- 2.7.4