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diff --git a/lib/roken/parse_time.3 b/lib/roken/parse_time.3 index da326cb3bc21..7881eab5bb19 100644 --- a/lib/roken/parse_time.3 +++ b/lib/roken/parse_time.3 @@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" $Id$ +.\" $Id: parse_time.3,v 1.3 2013/06/17 18:57:45 robert Exp $ .\" -.Dd October 31, 2004 +.Dd November 17, 2013 .Dt PARSE_TIME 3 .Os HEIMDAL .Sh NAME @@ -54,28 +54,28 @@ The roken library (libroken, -lroken) .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn parse_time -function converts a the period of time specified in +function converts the period of time specified into a number of seconds. The .Fa timespec can be any number of .Aq number unit pairs separated by comma and whitespace. The number can be -negative. Number without explicit units are taken as being +negative. Numbers without explicit units are taken as being .Fa def_unit . .Pp The .Fn unparse_time and .Fn unparse_time_approx -does the opposite of +do the opposite of .Fn parse_time , that is they take a number of seconds and express that as human -readable string. +readable strings. .Fa unparse_time produces an exact time, while .Fa unparse_time_approx -restricts the result to only include one units. +restricts the result to include only one unit. .Pp .Fn print_time_table prints a descriptive list of available units on the passed file |