On 02/14/2015 03:08 AM, JWP wrote: > tzset.3 does not illustrate the POSIX offset format. > Specifically, there is no indication in the manual > what the optional components of it are. Thanks for your continued input on the page, William. Patch applied. Cheers, Michael > Signed-off-by: J William Piggott <elseifthen@xxxxxxx> > --- > man3/tzset.3 | 8 ++++++-- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man3/tzset.3 b/man3/tzset.3 > index 2bc246c..cfb2d4c 100644 > --- a/man3/tzset.3 > +++ b/man3/tzset.3 > @@ -107,8 +107,12 @@ time to get Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). > The \fIoffset\fP is positive > if the local timezone is west of the Prime Meridian and negative if it is > east. > -The hour must be between 0 and 24, and the minutes and seconds > -0 and 59. > +The hour must be between 0 and 24, and the minutes and seconds 00 and 59: > +.sp > +.RS > +.RI [ + | - ] hh [ :mm [ :ss ]] > +.RE > +.sp > .PP > The \fIdst\fP string and \fIoffset\fP specify the name and offset for the > corresponding daylight saving timezone. > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
