[tz] [PATCH] * Makefile, strftime.c, zic.8: alternate -> alternative

[Paul Eggert]

---
 Makefile   | 4 ++--
 strftime.c | 2 +-
 zic.8      | 8 ++++----
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 23599ce..2365d7c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ DATAFORM=		main
 
 # Change the line below for your time zone (after finding the zone you want in
 # the time zone files, or adding it to a time zone file).
-# Alternately, if you discover you've got the wrong time zone, you can just
+# Alternatively, if you discover you've got the wrong time zone, you can just
 #	zic -l rightzone
 # to correct things.
 # Use the command
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ LOCALTIME=	GMT
 # template file are used to determine "spring forward" and "fall back" days and
 # times; the environment variable itself specifies UT offsets of standard and
 # daylight saving time.
-# Alternately, if you discover you've got the wrong time zone, you can just
+# Alternatively, if you discover you've got the wrong time zone, you can just
 #	zic -p rightzone
 # to correct things.
 # Use the command
diff --git a/strftime.c b/strftime.c
index 6da3fb9..e855890 100644
--- a/strftime.c
+++ b/strftime.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ label:
 				**	%Ec %EC %Ex %EX %Ey %EY
 				**	%Od %oe %OH %OI %Om %OM
 				**	%OS %Ou %OU %OV %Ow %OW %Oy
-				** are supposed to provide alternate
+				** are supposed to provide alternative
 				** representations.
 				*/
 				goto label;
diff --git a/zic.8 b/zic.8
index 4251868..97644ac 100644
--- a/zic.8
+++ b/zic.8
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ begin the field with a minus sign if time must be subtracted from UT.
 .TP
 .B RULES
 The name of the rules that apply in the time zone or,
-alternately, an amount of time to add to local standard time.
+alternatively, an amount of time to add to local standard time.
 If this field is
 .B \*-
 then standard time always applies in the time zone.
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ The pair of characters
 is used to show where the
 .q "variable part"
 of the time zone abbreviation goes.
-Alternately, a format can use the pair of characters
+Alternatively, a format can use the pair of characters
 .B %z
 to stand for the UT offset in the form
 .RI \(+- hh ,
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ using the shortest form that does not lose information, where
 and
 .I ss
 are the hours, minutes, and seconds east (+) or west (\(mi) of UT.
-Alternately,
+Alternatively,
 a slash (/)
 separates standard and daylight abbreviations.
 To conform to POSIX, a time zone abbreviation should contain only
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ field should appear as the
 field in some zone line.
 The
 .B LINK-NAME
-field is used as an alternate name for that zone;
+field is used as an alternative name for that zone;
 it has the same syntax as a zone line's
 .B NAME
 field.
-- 
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