From 2e78bf08dce685478da73888d90fe2fb2fbfc6cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 23:05:10 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED PATCH 1/4] * zdump.8: Fix documentation of zdump cutoff behavior. (Thanks to Tim Parenti for reporting the problem.) --- zdump.8 | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/zdump.8 b/zdump.8 index c4b92b0..c5f725d 100644 --- a/zdump.8 +++ b/zdump.8 @@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ implementations with different time representations. Cut off verbose output at the given year(s). Cutoff times are computed using the Gregorian calendar with year 0 and with Universal Time (UT) ignoring leap seconds. -The lower bound is inclusive and the upper is exclusive; for example, a +The lower bound is exclusive and the upper is inclusive; for example, a .I loyear -of 1970 includes a transition occurring at the very start of 1970 but a +of 1970 excludes a transition occurring at the very start of 1970 but a .I hiyear -of 1970 excludes the transition. +of 1970 includes the transition. The default cutoff is .BR \*-500,2500 . .TP @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ The determines whether the count includes leap seconds. As with .BR \*-c , -the cutoff's lower bound is inclusive and its upper bound is exclusive. +the cutoff's lower bound is exclusive and its upper bound is inclusive. .SH LIMITATIONS Time discontinuities are found by sampling the results returned by localtime at twelve-hour intervals. -- 1.9.3