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diff --git a/time2posix.3.txt b/time2posix.3.txt index aae7e1190584..95ffd5676e17 100644 --- a/time2posix.3.txt +++ b/time2posix.3.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -TIME2POSIX(3) Library Functions Manual TIME2POSIX(3) +time2posix(3) Library Functions Manual time2posix(3) NAME time2posix, posix2time - convert seconds since the Epoch @@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ DESCRIPTION difftime(3). However, POSIX gives an arithmetic expression for directly computing a time_t value from a given date/time, and the same relationship is assumed by some (usually older) applications. Any - programs creating/dissecting time_t's using such a relationship will - typically not handle intervals over leap seconds correctly. + programs creating/dissecting time_t values using such a relationship + will typically not handle intervals over leap seconds correctly. The time2posix and posix2time functions are provided to address this time_t mismatch by converting between local time_t values and their @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ DESCRIPTION indicators of the inferiority of the POSIX representation. The following table summarizes the relationship between a time T and - it's conversion to, and back from, the POSIX representation over the + its conversion to, and back from, the POSIX representation over the leap second inserted at the end of June, 1993. DATE TIME T X=time2posix(T) posix2time(X) 93/06/30 23:59:59 A+0 B+0 A+0 @@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ DESCRIPTION [Note: posix2time(B+1) => A+0 or A+1] - If leap-second support is not enabled, local time_t's and POSIX - time_t's are equivalent, and both time2posix and posix2time degenerate - to the identity function. + If leap-second support is not enabled, local time_t and POSIX time_t + values are equivalent, and both time2posix and posix2time degenerate to + the identity function. SEE ALSO difftime(3), localtime(3), mktime(3), time(2) - TIME2POSIX(3) + time2posix(3) |