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(General date syntax): "next" is 1, not 2.

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Document that "second" isn't allowed as an ordinal number.
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Paul Eggert
2004-11-16 08:16:57 +00:00
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@@ -89,13 +89,17 @@ many flavors of items:
@findex first @r{in date strings}
@findex next @r{in date strings}
@findex last @r{in date strings}
A few numbers may be written out in words in most contexts. This is
A few ordinal numbers may be written out in words in some contexts. This is
most useful for specifying day of the week items or relative items (see
below). Here is the list: @samp{first} for 1, @samp{next} for 2,
@samp{third} for 3, @samp{fourth} for 4, @samp{fifth} for 5,
below). Among the most commonly used ordinal numbers, the word
@samp{last} stands for @math{-1}, @samp{this} stands for 0, and
@samp{first} and @samp{next} both stand for 1. Because the word
@samp{second} stands for the unit of time there is no way to write the
ordinal number 2, but for convenience @samp{third} stands for 3,
@samp{fourth} for 4, @samp{fifth} for 5,
@samp{sixth} for 6, @samp{seventh} for 7, @samp{eighth} for 8,
@samp{ninth} for 9, @samp{tenth} for 10, @samp{eleventh} for 11 and
@samp{twelfth} for 12. Also, @samp{last} means exactly @math{-1}.
@samp{twelfth} for 12.
@cindex months, written-out
When a month is written this way, it is still considered to be written