Signed-off-by: J William Piggott <elseifthen@xxxxxxx> --- sys-utils/hwclock.8.in | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in index 7ddd2b1..b13be31 100644 --- a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in +++ b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in @@ -993,12 +993,13 @@ A discussion on date-time configuration would be incomplete without addressing timezones, this is mostly well covered by .BR tzset (3). One area that seems to have no documentation is the 'right' -directory of the Time Zone Database, aka tz, aka zoneinfo. +directory of the Time Zone Database, sometimes called tz or zoneinfo. .PP There are two separate databases in the zoneinfo system, posix and 'right'. 'Right' (now named zoneinfo\-leaps) includes leap seconds and posix -does not. To use the 'right' database the System Clock must be kept in -\%UTC\ +\ leap_seconds, i.e., \%TAI\ \-\ 10. This allows calculating the +does not. To use the 'right' database the System Clock must be set to +\%(UTC\ +\ leap seconds), which is equivalent to \%(TAI\ \-\ 10). This +allows calculating the exact number of seconds between two dates that cross a leap second epoch. The System Clock is then converted to the correct civil time, including UTC, by using the 'right' timezone files which subtract the -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
