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A few typos and minor formatting fixes.

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Jim Meyering
2000-06-08 17:01:51 +00:00
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@@ -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