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diff --git a/doc/parse-datetime.texi b/doc/parse-datetime.texi index d54d7660c8..ec0160da8e 100644 --- a/doc/parse-datetime.texi +++ b/doc/parse-datetime.texi @@ -574,6 +574,9 @@ This example uses the somewhat-confusing POSIX convention for rules. and the time zone is 7 hours west of Greenwich, and @samp{TZ="<+0530>-5:30"} says that the time zone abbreviation is @samp{+0530} and the time zone is 5 hours 30 minutes east of Greenwich. +(One should never use a setting like @samp{TZ="UTC-5"}, since +this would incorrectly imply that local time is five hours east of +Greenwich and the time zone is called ``UTC''.) Although trickier POSIX @env{TZ} settings like @samp{TZ="<-05>+5<-04>,M3.2.0/2,M11.1.0/2"} can specify some daylight saving regimes, location-based settings like |