[PATCH][BZ #926] Mention timezone for strftime %s
Ondřej Bílka
neleai@seznam.cz
Sat Oct 12 16:58:00 GMT 2013
Hi,
this is next bug that received no response. Patch is following, take it
or close bug I am sligthly for adding it.
* manual/time.texi (strftime): Mention that %s uses current
timezone.
diff --git a/manual/time.texi b/manual/time.texi
index ff31e28..33a55ef 100644
--- a/manual/time.texi
+++ b/manual/time.texi
@@ -1277,6 +1277,7 @@ but was previously available as a GNU extension.
@item %s
The number of seconds since the epoch, i.e., since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC.
Leap seconds are not counted unless leap second support is available.
+Note that like mktime, this uses the current time zone instead of tm_gmtoff.
This format is a GNU extension.
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