[tz] [PATCH] * asctime.c, newctime.3, newtzset.3: Don't imply ASCII is required.
Paul Eggert
eggert at CS.UCLA.EDU
Sat Jun 28 21:09:32 UTC 2014
---
asctime.c | 2 +-
newctime.3 | 5 ++---
newtzset.3 | 2 +-
3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/asctime.c b/asctime.c
index 152b0db..e057711 100644
--- a/asctime.c
+++ b/asctime.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
** ??? ???-2147483648 -2147483648:-2147483648:-2147483648 -2147483648\n
** (two three-character abbreviations, five strings denoting integers,
** seven explicit spaces, two explicit colons, a newline,
-** and a trailing ASCII nul).
+** and a trailing NUL byte).
** The values above are for systems where an int is 32 bits and are provided
** as an example; the define below calculates the maximum for the system at
** hand.
diff --git a/newctime.3 b/newctime.3
index 1353869..3904d04 100644
--- a/newctime.3
+++ b/newctime.3
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.TH NEWCTIME 3
.SH NAME
-asctime, ctime, difftime, gmtime, localtime, mktime \- convert date and time to ASCII
+asctime, ctime, difftime, gmtime, localtime, mktime \- convert date and time
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B extern char *tzname[2];
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ sets the
.BR tm_isdst 'th
element of
.B tzname
-to a pointer to an
-ASCII string that's the time zone abbreviation to be used with
+to a pointer to a string that's the time zone abbreviation to be used with
.IR localtime 's
return value.
.PP
diff --git a/newtzset.3 b/newtzset.3
index 4af938b..e9920b6 100644
--- a/newtzset.3
+++ b/newtzset.3
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ ASCII minus
.RB ( \(mi ),
ASCII plus
.RB ( \(pl ),
-and ASCII NUL are allowed.
+and NUL bytes are allowed.
.TP
.I offset
Indicates the value one must add to the local time to arrive at
--
1.9.1
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