[tz] [PROPOSED 3/5] Document zic abbreviation rules
Paul Eggert
eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Wed May 24 05:19:22 UTC 2017
* NEWS, zic.8: Describe how zic supports abbreviations like "Sun".
---
NEWS | 3 +++
zic.8 | 11 +++++++++--
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dcd49eb..1af7b69 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
bit easier to port to MS-Windows. (Thanks to Kees Dekker for
reporting the problems.)
+ Changes to documentation and commentary
+
+ The zic man page now documents abbreviation rules.
Release 2017b - 2017-03-17 07:30:38 -0700
diff --git a/zic.8 b/zic.8
index c59ccfc..6fee96d 100644
--- a/zic.8
+++ b/zic.8
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ Non-blank lines are expected to be of one of three types:
rule lines, zone lines, and link lines.
.PP
Names (such as month names) must be in English and are case insensitive.
-Abbreviations, if used, must be unambiguous in context.
+A name can be abbreviated by omitting all but an initial prefix; any
+abbreviation must be unambiguous in context.
.PP
A rule line has the form
.nf
@@ -221,7 +222,13 @@ Sun<=25 last Sunday on or before the 25th
.fi
.in -.5i
.sp
-Names of days of the week may be abbreviated or spelled out in full.
+A weekday name (e.g.,
+.BR "Sunday" )
+or a weekday name preceded by
+.q "last"
+(e.g.,
+.BR "lastSunday" )
+may be abbreviated or spelled out in full.
Note that there must be no spaces within the
.B ON
field.
--
2.9.4
More information about the tz
mailing list