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@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2013-12-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + * manual/time.texi (TZ Variable): Modernize North America example + to reflect current (i.e., 2007-and-later) daylight saving rules. + * manual/time.texi (TZ Variable): POSIX.1 hour can be 24. 2013-12-17 Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> diff --git a/manual/time.texi b/manual/time.texi index 2b27154dae..60dff77e0a 100644 --- a/manual/time.texi +++ b/manual/time.texi @@ -2088,15 +2088,16 @@ The @var{time} fields specify when, in the local time currently in effect, the change to the other time occurs. If omitted, the default is @code{02:00:00}. -For example, here is how you would specify the Eastern time zone in the -United States, including the appropriate Daylight Saving Time and its dates -of applicability. The normal offset from UTC is 5 hours; since this is +Here is an example @code{TZ} value, including the appropriate +Daylight Saving Time and its dates of applicability. In North +American Eastern Standard Time (EST) and Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), +the normal offset from UTC is 5 hours; since this is west of the prime meridian, the sign is positive. Summer time begins on -the first Sunday in April at 2:00am, and ends on the last Sunday in October +March's second Sunday at 2:00am, and ends on November's first Sunday at 2:00am. @smallexample -EST+5EDT,M4.1.0/2,M10.5.0/2 +EST+5EDT,M3.2.0/2,M11.1.0/2 @end smallexample The schedule of Daylight Saving Time in any particular jurisdiction has |