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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1993-06-05 09:17:34 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1993-06-05 09:17:34 +0000
commit65a6e747aeceea61073042907282fd9e25999117 (patch)
treee65b6d658a1f4fe59b7b8c8aa2485ab2606ce4ed /lisp/=gnus.el
parent8af97898c2fa285176be1b43c7d286cfabcd07bf (diff)
downloademacs-65a6e747aeceea61073042907282fd9e25999117.tar.gz
(gnus-local-timezone): Doc fix.
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
;;; GNUS: an NNTP-based News Reader for GNU Emacs
;; Copyright (C) 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-;; $Header: /home/fsf/rms/e19/lisp/RCS/gnus.el,v 1.16 1993/05/30 23:56:49 rms Exp rms $
+;; $Header: /home/fsf/rms/e19/lisp/RCS/gnus.el,v 1.17 1993/06/04 05:33:32 rms Exp rms $
;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
@@ -571,9 +571,14 @@ This hook is called before saving the `.newsrc' file.")
;; site-init.el, default.el or your .emacs.
(defvar gnus-local-timezone nil
- "*Local time zone. Both styles, \"JST\" and +0900 are acceptable.
-If its value is non-nil, valid Date: field will be generated in terms
-of RFC822. In this case, timezone package must be installed.")
+ "*Local time zone.
+This value is used only if `current-time-zone' does not work in your Emacs.
+It specifies the GMT offset, i.e. a decimal integer
+of the form +-HHMM giving the hours and minutes ahead of (i.e. east of) GMT.
+For example, +0900 should be used in Japan, since it is 9 hours ahead of GMT.
+
+For backwards compatibility, it may also be a string like \"JST\",
+but strings are obsolescent: you should use numeric offsets instead.")
(defvar gnus-local-domain nil
"*Local domain name without a host name like: \"stars.flab.Fujitsu.CO.JP\"