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diff --git a/manual/time.texi b/manual/time.texi index 9e98131487..fd7781c531 100644 --- a/manual/time.texi +++ b/manual/time.texi @@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ POSIX.2-1992 and by @w{ISO C99}, are: @table @code @item E -Use the locale's alternate representation for date and time. This +Use the locale's alternative representation for date and time. This modifier applies to the @code{%c}, @code{%C}, @code{%x}, @code{%X}, @code{%y} and @code{%Y} format specifiers. In a Japanese locale, for example, @code{%Ex} might yield a date format based on the Japanese @@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ Emperors' reigns. @item O With all format specifiers that produce numbers: use the locale's -alternate numeric symbols. +alternative numeric symbols. With @code{%B}, @code{%b}, and @code{%h}: use the grammatical form for month names that is appropriate when the month is named by itself, @@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ rather than the form that is appropriate when the month is used as part of a complete date. This is a GNU extension. @end table -If the format supports the modifier but no alternate representation +If the format supports the modifier but no alternative representation is available, it is ignored. The conversion specifier ends with a format specifier taken from the |