Module Name: src
Committed By: kre
Date: Wed Dec 6 21:42:01 UTC 2023
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/time: zic.8
Log Message:
More markup fixes. This man page remains exceedingly ugly (particularly
relating to vertical space - which often is missing where it would be
better if it weren't, or is present and wasteful/ugly).
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.44 -r1.45 src/lib/libc/time/zic.8
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
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Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libc/time/zic.8
diff -u src/lib/libc/time/zic.8:1.44 src/lib/libc/time/zic.8:1.45
--- src/lib/libc/time/zic.8:1.44 Wed Dec 6 20:01:44 2023
+++ src/lib/libc/time/zic.8 Wed Dec 6 21:42:01 2023
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: zic.8,v 1.44 2023/12/06 20:01:44 christos Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: zic.8,v 1.45 2023/12/06 21:42:01 kre Exp $
.\" @(#)zic.8 8.6
.\" This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
.\" 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ are possibly signed decimal counts of se
(1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC).
Omitted counts default to extreme values.
The output files use UT offset 0 and abbreviation
-.q "\*-00"
+.Qq "\*-00"
in place of the omitted timestamp data.
For example,
.Bd -literal
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ equivalent to 0
.El
.Pp
Although
-.I zic
+.Nm
rounds times to the nearest integer second
(breaking ties to the even integer), the fractions may be useful
to other applications requiring greater precision.
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ in the absence of an indicator,
local (wall clock) time is assumed.
These forms ignore leap seconds; for example,
if a leap second occurs at 00:59:60 local time,
-.q "1:00"
+.Qq "1:00"
stands for 3601 seconds after local midnight instead of the usual 3600 seconds.
The intent is that a rule line describes the instants when a
clock/calendar set to the type of time specified in the
@@ -615,14 +615,14 @@ continuation.
If a zone changes at the same instant that a rule would otherwise take
effect in the earlier zone or continuation line, the rule is ignored.
A zone or continuation line
-.I L
+.Em L
with a named rule set starts with standard time by default:
that is, any of
-.IR L 's
+.Em L Ns 's
timestamps preceding
-.IR L 's
+.Em L Ns 's
earliest rule use the rule in effect after
-.IR L 's
+.Em L Ns 's
first transition into standard time.
In a single zone it is an error if two rules take effect at the same
instant, or if two zone changes take effect at the same instant.
