[tz] zdump bug in Asia/Singapore
Paul Eggert
eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Wed Oct 15 06:57:07 UTC 2014
Tim Parenti wrote:
> I think it's important, at least for -c, to clarify exactly what is meant by
> "inclusive" and "exclusive". Proposed further patch attached.
That patch is wordy and the wordiness gets in the way of clarity. I think its
basic idea can be expressed more concisely by adding a few words to the example,
as in the attached.
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From d412edc8221c063ad9383264ba7f3b8ac19d0e03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 23:53:38 -0700
Subject: [PROPOSED PATCH] * zdump.8: Be more specific about when a year
starts.
---
zdump.8 | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/zdump.8 b/zdump.8
index be220fa..db73f49 100644
--- a/zdump.8
+++ b/zdump.8
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Cutoff times are computed using the proleptic Gregorian calendar with year 0
and with Universal Time (UT) ignoring leap seconds.
The lower bound is exclusive and the upper is inclusive; for example, a
.I loyear
-of 1970 excludes a transition occurring at the very start of 1970 but a
+of 1970 excludes a transition occurring at 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC but a
.I hiyear
of 1970 includes the transition.
The default cutoff is
--
1.9.1
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