--- Makefile | 4 ++-- strftime.c | 2 +- zic.8 | 8 ++++---- 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 23599ce..2365d7c 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ DATAFORM= main # Change the line below for your time zone (after finding the zone you want in # the time zone files, or adding it to a time zone file). -# Alternately, if you discover you've got the wrong time zone, you can just +# Alternatively, if you discover you've got the wrong time zone, you can just # zic -l rightzone # to correct things. # Use the command @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ LOCALTIME= GMT # template file are used to determine "spring forward" and "fall back" days and # times; the environment variable itself specifies UT offsets of standard and # daylight saving time. -# Alternately, if you discover you've got the wrong time zone, you can just +# Alternatively, if you discover you've got the wrong time zone, you can just # zic -p rightzone # to correct things. # Use the command diff --git a/strftime.c b/strftime.c index 6da3fb9..e855890 100644 --- a/strftime.c +++ b/strftime.c @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ label: ** %Ec %EC %Ex %EX %Ey %EY ** %Od %oe %OH %OI %Om %OM ** %OS %Ou %OU %OV %Ow %OW %Oy - ** are supposed to provide alternate + ** are supposed to provide alternative ** representations. */ goto label; diff --git a/zic.8 b/zic.8 index 4251868..97644ac 100644 --- a/zic.8 +++ b/zic.8 @@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ begin the field with a minus sign if time must be subtracted from UT. .TP .B RULES The name of the rules that apply in the time zone or, -alternately, an amount of time to add to local standard time. +alternatively, an amount of time to add to local standard time. If this field is .B \*- then standard time always applies in the time zone. @@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ The pair of characters is used to show where the .q "variable part" of the time zone abbreviation goes. -Alternately, a format can use the pair of characters +Alternatively, a format can use the pair of characters .B %z to stand for the UT offset in the form .RI \(+- hh , @@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ using the shortest form that does not lose information, where and .I ss are the hours, minutes, and seconds east (+) or west (\(mi) of UT. -Alternately, +Alternatively, a slash (/) separates standard and daylight abbreviations. To conform to POSIX, a time zone abbreviation should contain only @@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ field should appear as the field in some zone line. The .B LINK-NAME -field is used as an alternate name for that zone; +field is used as an alternative name for that zone; it has the same syntax as a zone line's .B NAME field. -- 2.7.4