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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2016-04-12 08:50:47 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2016-04-12 08:50:47 -0700
commit7c2c2196fd4be0b656bdf0e0b68f3d7c4a5eca08 (patch)
treec038edb545cc82ee825390d1e7691a247fd7fc5f /src/editfns.c
parent435da5d2955ce35be4785b7d46566ed9b42ea9fb (diff)
parentca509810014726cf6bee9f7e8f69bdeaf62dc146 (diff)
downloademacs-7c2c2196fd4be0b656bdf0e0b68f3d7c4a5eca08.tar.gz
Merge from origin/emacs-25
ca50981 Improve time zone documentation c23c965 Prevent bootstrap autoload backup files 9344612 Disable multicolor fonts on OS X since they are not supported... c41ce1c Capitalize “Universal Time” in documentation 10597c9 Don't use 'find-program'
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diff --git a/src/editfns.c b/src/editfns.c
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--- a/src/editfns.c
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@@ -1969,10 +1969,10 @@ DEFUN ("format-time-string", Fformat_time_string, Sformat_time_string, 1, 3, 0,
doc: /* Use FORMAT-STRING to format the time TIME, or now if omitted.
TIME is specified as (HIGH LOW USEC PSEC), as returned by
`current-time' or `file-attributes'. The obsolete form (HIGH . LOW)
-is also still accepted.
-The optional ZONE is omitted or nil for Emacs local time, t for
-Universal Time, `wall' for system wall clock time, or a string as in
-`set-time-zone-rule' for a time zone rule.
+is also still accepted. The optional ZONE is omitted or nil for Emacs
+local time, t for Universal Time, `wall' for system wall clock time,
+or a string as in the TZ environment variable.
+
The value is a copy of FORMAT-STRING, but with certain constructs replaced
by text that describes the specified date and time in TIME:
@@ -2087,7 +2087,7 @@ as from `current-time' and `file-attributes', or nil to use the
current time. The obsolete form (HIGH . LOW) is also still accepted.
The optional ZONE is omitted or nil for Emacs local time, t for
Universal Time, `wall' for system wall clock time, or a string as in
-`set-time-zone-rule' for a time zone rule.
+the TZ environment variable.
The list has the following nine members: SEC is an integer between 0
and 60; SEC is 60 for a leap second, which only some operating systems
@@ -2152,9 +2152,9 @@ DEFUN ("encode-time", Fencode_time, Sencode_time, 6, MANY, 0,
This is the reverse operation of `decode-time', which see.
The optional ZONE is omitted or nil for Emacs local time, t for
Universal Time, `wall' for system wall clock time, or a string as in
-`set-time-zone-rule' for a time zone rule. It can also be a list (as
-from `current-time-zone') or an integer (as from `decode-time')
-applied without consideration for daylight saving time.
+the TZ environment variable. It can also be a list (as from
+`current-time-zone') or an integer (as from `decode-time') applied
+without consideration for daylight saving time.
You can pass more than 7 arguments; then the first six arguments
are used as SECOND through YEAR, and the *last* argument is used as ZONE.
@@ -2214,7 +2214,7 @@ but this is considered obsolete.
The optional ZONE is omitted or nil for Emacs local time, t for
Universal Time, `wall' for system wall clock time, or a string as in
-`set-time-zone-rule' for a time zone rule. */)
+the TZ environment variable. */)
(Lisp_Object specified_time, Lisp_Object zone)
{
time_t value = lisp_seconds_argument (specified_time);
@@ -2291,7 +2291,7 @@ instead of using the current time. The argument should have the form
`current-time' and from `file-attributes'. SPECIFIED-TIME can also
have the form (HIGH . LOW), but this is considered obsolete.
Optional second arg ZONE is omitted or nil for the local time zone, or
-a string as in `set-time-zone-rule'.
+a string as in the TZ environment variable.
Some operating systems cannot provide all this information to Emacs;
in this case, `current-time-zone' returns a list containing nil for
@@ -2332,8 +2332,11 @@ the data it can't find. */)
DEFUN ("set-time-zone-rule", Fset_time_zone_rule, Sset_time_zone_rule, 1, 1, 0,
doc: /* Set the Emacs local time zone using TZ, a string specifying a time zone rule.
-If TZ is nil or `wall', use system wall clock time. If TZ is t, use
-Universal Time. If TZ is an integer, treat it as in `encode-time'.
+
+If TZ is nil or `wall', use system wall clock time; this differs from
+the usual Emacs convention where nil means current local time. If TZ
+is t, use Universal Time. If TZ is an integer, treat it as in
+`encode-time'.
Instead of calling this function, you typically want something else.
To temporarily use a different time zone rule for just one invocation