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Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/tzcode/zdump.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/tzcode/zdump.8 | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/tzcode/zdump.8 b/contrib/tzcode/zdump.8 index 7a78f6b9c040..c5cb092db16f 100644 --- a/contrib/tzcode/zdump.8 +++ b/contrib/tzcode/zdump.8 @@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ The program prints the current time in each .Ar timezone named on the command line. +A +.Ar timezone +of +.Li - +is treated as if it were +.Pa /dev/stdin ; +this can be used to pipe TZif data into +.Nm . .Pp The following options are available: .Bl -tag -width indent @@ -106,7 +114,7 @@ then a line where .Ar string is a double-quoted string giving the timezone, a second line -.Dq "\*- \*- \fIinterval\fP" +.Dq "\- \- \fIinterval\fP" describing the time interval before the first transition if any, and zero or more following lines .Dq "\fIdate time interval\fP", @@ -138,11 +146,11 @@ the seconds are omitted if they are zero, and the minutes are also omitted if they are also zero. Positive UT offsets are east of Greenwich. -The UT offset \*-00 denotes a UT +The UT offset \-00 denotes a UT placeholder in areas where the actual offset is unspecified; by convention, this occurs when the UT offset is zero and the time zone abbreviation begins with -.Dq "-" +.Dq "\-" or is .Dq "zzz". .Pp |