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diff --git a/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/tzfile.5.txt b/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/tzfile.5.txt index 560a2ce..fbc44e6 100644 --- a/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/tzfile.5.txt +++ b/elsie.nci.nih.gov/src/tzfile.5.txt @@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ TZFILE(5) File Formats Manual TZFILE(5) NAME tzfile - time zone information -SYNOPSIS - #include <tzfile.h> - DESCRIPTION The time zone information files used by tzset(3) begin with the magic characters "TZif" to identify them as time zone information files, @@ -43,10 +40,10 @@ DESCRIPTION at which the rules for computing local time change. Next come tzh_timecnt one-byte unsigned integer values; each one tells which of the different types of local time types described in the file is - associated with the same-indexed transition time. These values serve - as indices into an array of ttinfo structures (with tzh_typecnt - entries) that appears next in the file; these structures are defined as - follows: + associated with the time period starting with the same-indexed + transition time. These values serve as indices into an array of ttinfo + structures (with tzh_typecnt entries) that appears next in the file; + these structures are defined as follows: struct ttinfo { int32_t tt_gmtoff; @@ -65,8 +62,9 @@ DESCRIPTION Then there are tzh_leapcnt pairs of four-byte values, written in standard byte order; the first value of each pair gives the time (as returned by time(2)) at which a leap second occurs; the second gives - the total number of leap seconds to be applied after the given time. - The pairs of values are sorted in ascending order by time. + the total number of leap seconds to be applied during the time period + starting at the given time. The pairs of values are sorted in + ascending order by time. Then there are tzh_ttisstdcnt standard/wall indicators, each stored as a one-byte value; they tell whether the transition times associated |