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authorThomas G. Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org>2000-10-20 13:57:10 +0000
committerThomas G. Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org>2000-10-20 13:57:10 +0000
commit577fd41c176dcc88f8557d153ec0d8cb0d134518 (patch)
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parent1495f56770a313426cdc68ad5c00e6fcde244a66 (diff)
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Remove ZP4, ZP5, ZP6 from docs since the current parser won't accept
time zones with embedded numerals (parsing to a meaninless "ZP 4" instead). Support "SAT" as an Australian time zone if USE_AUSTRALIAN_RULES is defined. Fix units in exposition on Julian calendar (from Lazer Henry I think...)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml41
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml
index 9f9bcba5ecd..35f930b33b5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml,v 2.12 2000/09/29 20:21:33 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml,v 2.13 2000/10/20 13:57:10 thomas Exp $
Date/time details
-->
@@ -94,14 +94,14 @@ Date/time details
<entry>Central Australia Std Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>CAST</entry>
+ <entry>SAST</entry>
<entry>+09:30 </entry>
- <entry>Central Australia Std Time</entry>
+ <entry>South Australia Std Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>SAT</entry>
- <entry>+9:30</entry>
- <entry>South Australian Std Time</entry>
+ <entry>CAST</entry>
+ <entry>+09:30 </entry>
+ <entry>Central Australia Std Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>AWSST</entry>
@@ -224,11 +224,6 @@ Date/time details
<entry>Dansk Normal Tid</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>DST</entry>
- <entry>+1:00 </entry>
- <entry>Dansk Standard Time (?)</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
<entry>FST</entry>
<entry>+1:00 </entry>
<entry>French Summer Time</entry>
@@ -313,11 +308,13 @@ Date/time details
<entry>-4:00 </entry>
<entry>Eastern Daylight Time</entry>
</row>
+<!--
<row>
<entry>ZP4</entry>
<entry>-4:00</entry>
<entry>GMT +4 hours</entry>
</row>
+-->
<row>
<entry>CDT</entry>
<entry>-5:00 </entry>
@@ -328,11 +325,13 @@ Date/time details
<entry>-5:00 </entry>
<entry>Eastern Standard Time</entry>
</row>
+<!--
<row>
<entry>ZP5</entry>
<entry>-5:00</entry>
<entry>GMT +5 hours</entry>
</row>
+-->
<row>
<entry>CST</entry>
<entry>-6:00 </entry>
@@ -343,11 +342,13 @@ Date/time details
<entry>-6:00</entry>
<entry>Mountain Daylight Time</entry>
</row>
+<!--
<row>
<entry>ZP6</entry>
<entry>-6:00</entry>
<entry>GMT +6 hours</entry>
</row>
+-->
<row>
<entry>MST</entry>
<entry>-7:00</entry>
@@ -416,8 +417,11 @@ Date/time details
<para>
If the compiler option USE_AUSTRALIAN_RULES is set
- then <literal>CST</literal> and <literal>EST</literal> will be
- interpreted using Australian conventions.
+ then <literal>CST</literal>, <literal>EST</literal>, and
+ <literal>SAT</literal> will be
+ interpreted using Australian conventions. Without this option,
+ <literal>SAT</literal> is interpreted as a noise word indicating
+ "<literal>Saturday</literal>".
<table tocentry="1">
<title><productname>Postgres</productname> Australian Time Zones</title>
@@ -441,6 +445,11 @@ Date/time details
<entry>+10:00</entry>
<entry>Australian Eastern Standard Time</entry>
</row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>SAT</entry>
+ <entry>+9:30</entry>
+ <entry>South Australian Std Time</entry>
+ </row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
@@ -652,9 +661,9 @@ Date/time details
Gregorian calendar.
In the Julian calendar, the tropical year is approximated as 365 1/4
- days = 365.25 days. This gives an error of 1 day in approximately
- 128 days.
- The accumulating calendar error prompted pope Gregory XIII
+ days = 365.25 days. This gives an error of about 1 day in
+ 128 years.
+ The accumulating calendar error prompted Pope Gregory XIII
to reform the calendar in accordance with instructions
from the Council of Trent.
</para>