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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml | 37 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml index b764a89ac4f..4c2d16cd7da 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml @@ -1,8 +1,11 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml,v 2.4 1999/06/23 06:17:51 thomas Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml,v 2.5 1999/10/12 13:57:04 thomas Exp $ Date/time details $Log: datetime.sgml,v $ +Revision 2.5 1999/10/12 13:57:04 thomas +Sequence of date interpretation not quite right. + Revision 2.4 1999/06/23 06:17:51 thomas Clarify input/output timezone information. Add detail on exact interpretation of "concatenated date" @@ -425,13 +428,13 @@ Finish initial markup of cvs.sgml, and include it in the programmer's guide then <literal>EST</literal> refers to Australia Eastern Std Time, which has an offset of +10:00 hours from UTC. </para> - </note> - </para> - <para> - Australian time zones and their naming variants - account for fully one quarter of all time zones in the - <productname>Postgres</productname> time zone lookup table. + <para> + Australian time zones and their naming variants + account for fully one quarter of all time zones in the + <productname>Postgres</productname> time zone lookup table. + </para> + </note> </para> <procedure> @@ -488,12 +491,13 @@ Finish initial markup of cvs.sgml, and include it in the programmer's guide Do a binary-search table lookup for the token as either a special string (e.g. <literal>today</literal>), day (e.g. <literal>Thursday</literal>), - month (e.g. <literal>January</literal>), or noise word (e.g. <literal>on</literal>). + month (e.g. <literal>January</literal>), + or noise word (e.g. <literal>on</literal>). </para> <para> Set field values and bit mask for fields. - For example, set year, month, day for <literal>today</literal>, and additionally - hour, minute, second for <literal>now</literal>. + For example, set year, month, day for <literal>today</literal>, + and additionally hour, minute, second for <literal>now</literal>. </para> </step> @@ -524,7 +528,7 @@ Finish initial markup of cvs.sgml, and include it in the programmer's guide and if no other date fields have been previously read, then interpret as a "concatenated date" (e.g. <literal>19990118</literal>). 8 and 6 digits are interpreted as year, month, and day, while 7 - and 5 digits are interpreted as year, day of year. + and 5 digits are interpreted as year, day of year, respectively. </para> </step> @@ -550,7 +554,7 @@ Finish initial markup of cvs.sgml, and include it in the programmer's guide <step> <para> - If in non-European (US) date mode, and if the month field has not yet been read, + If the month field has not yet been read, and if the value is less than or equal to 12, then interpret as a month. </para> </step> @@ -558,14 +562,7 @@ Finish initial markup of cvs.sgml, and include it in the programmer's guide <step> <para> If the day field has not yet been read, - and if the value is less than or equal to 31, then interpret as a month. - </para> - </step> - - <step> - <para> - If the month field has not yet been read, - and if the value is less than or equal to 12, then interpret as a month. + and if the value is less than or equal to 31, then interpret as a day. </para> </step> |