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[gnulib.git]
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doc
/
getdate.texi
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doc/getdate.texi
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doc/getdate.texi
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@c GNU date syntax documentation
@c Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
@c GNU date syntax documentation
@c Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
-@c 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c 2003, 2004, 2005
, 2006
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@c Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
-@c under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.
1
or
+@c under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.
2
or
@c any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
@c Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
@c Texts. A copy of the license is included in the ``GNU Free
@c any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
@c Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
@c Texts. A copy of the license is included in the ``GNU Free
@@
-144,6
+144,11
@@
between round parentheses, as long as included parentheses are properly
nested. Hyphens not followed by a digit are currently ignored. Leading
zeros on numbers are ignored.
nested. Hyphens not followed by a digit are currently ignored. Leading
zeros on numbers are ignored.
+Invalid dates like @samp{2005-02-29} or times like @samp{24:00} are
+rejected. In the typical case of a host that does not support leap
+seconds, a time like @samp{23:59:60} is rejected even if it
+corresponds to a valid leap second.
+
@node Calendar date items
@section Calendar date items
@node Calendar date items
@section Calendar date items
@@
-238,7
+243,8
@@
a number between 0 and 23, @var{minute} is a number between 0 and
@samp{.} or @samp{,} and a fraction containing one or more digits.
Alternatively,
@samp{:@var{second}} can be omitted, in which case it is taken to
@samp{.} or @samp{,} and a fraction containing one or more digits.
Alternatively,
@samp{:@var{second}} can be omitted, in which case it is taken to
-be zero.
+be zero. On the rare hosts that support leap seconds, @var{second}
+may be 60.
@findex am @r{in date strings}
@findex pm @r{in date strings}
@findex am @r{in date strings}
@findex pm @r{in date strings}
@@
-464,8
+470,8
@@
integers and can represent times from 1901-12-13 20:45:52 through
of seconds with nanosecond subcounts, and can represent all the times
in the known lifetime of the universe to a resolution of 1 nanosecond.
of seconds with nanosecond subcounts, and can represent all the times
in the known lifetime of the universe to a resolution of 1 nanosecond.
-On most
system
s, these counts ignore the presence of leap seconds.
-For example, on most
system
s @samp{@@915148799} represents 1998-12-31
+On most
host
s, these counts ignore the presence of leap seconds.
+For example, on most
host
s @samp{@@915148799} represents 1998-12-31
23:59:59 @sc{utc}, @samp{@@915148800} represents 1999-01-01 00:00:00
@sc{utc}, and there is no way to represent the intervening leap second
1998-12-31 23:59:60 @sc{utc}.
23:59:59 @sc{utc}, @samp{@@915148800} represents 1999-01-01 00:00:00
@sc{utc}, and there is no way to represent the intervening leap second
1998-12-31 23:59:60 @sc{utc}.