Thread: Re: [HACKERS] Timestamp docs weirdness

Re: [HACKERS] Timestamp docs weirdness

From
Christopher Kings-Lynne
Date:
Here is a documentation patch that makes it all more consistent.

Chris


Marcus Börger wrote:

> Hello Christopher,
>
> Wednesday, October 22, 2003, 10:21:02 AM, you wrote:
>
>
>>>>What in the heck is 'zulu', 'allballs' or 'z'???

Index: doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.126
diff -c -r1.126 datatype.sgml
*** doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml    16 Oct 2003 04:52:21 -0000    1.126
--- doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml    22 Oct 2003 09:02:10 -0000
***************
*** 1573,1582 ****
        <entry><literal>04:05 PM</literal></entry>
        <entry>same as 16:05; input hour must be <= 12</entry>
       </row>
-      <row>
-       <entry><literal>allballs</literal></entry>
-       <entry>same as 00:00:00</entry>
-      </row>
      <row>
       <entry>04:05:06.789-8</entry>
       <entry>ISO 8601</entry>
--- 1573,1578 ----
***************
*** 1627,1632 ****
--- 1623,1636 ----
        <entry>-8</entry>
        <entry>ISO-8601 offset for PST</entry>
       </row>
+      <row>
+       <entry>zulu</entry>
+       <entry>Military abbreviation for GMT</entry>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+       <entry>z</entry>
+       <entry>Short form of zulu</entry>
+      </row>
      </tbody>
         </tgroup>
        </table>
***************
*** 1828,1834 ****
        <entry>midnight yesterday</entry>
       </row>
       <row>
!       <entry><literal>zulu</>, <literal>allballs</>, <literal>z</></entry>
            <entry><type>time</type></entry>
        <entry>00:00:00.00 UTC</entry>
       </row>
--- 1832,1838 ----
        <entry>midnight yesterday</entry>
       </row>
       <row>
!       <entry><literal>allballs</literal></entry>
            <entry><type>time</type></entry>
        <entry>00:00:00.00 UTC</entry>
       </row>

Re: [HACKERS] Timestamp docs weirdness

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Patch applied.  Thanks.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------


Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> Here is a documentation patch that makes it all more consistent.
>
> Chris
>
>
> Marcus B?rger wrote:
>
> > Hello Christopher,
> >
> > Wednesday, October 22, 2003, 10:21:02 AM, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>>What in the heck is 'zulu', 'allballs' or 'z'???
>

> Index: doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v
> retrieving revision 1.126
> diff -c -r1.126 datatype.sgml
> *** doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml    16 Oct 2003 04:52:21 -0000    1.126
> --- doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml    22 Oct 2003 09:02:10 -0000
> ***************
> *** 1573,1582 ****
>         <entry><literal>04:05 PM</literal></entry>
>         <entry>same as 16:05; input hour must be <= 12</entry>
>        </row>
> -      <row>
> -       <entry><literal>allballs</literal></entry>
> -       <entry>same as 00:00:00</entry>
> -      </row>
>       <row>
>        <entry>04:05:06.789-8</entry>
>        <entry>ISO 8601</entry>
> --- 1573,1578 ----
> ***************
> *** 1627,1632 ****
> --- 1623,1636 ----
>         <entry>-8</entry>
>         <entry>ISO-8601 offset for PST</entry>
>        </row>
> +      <row>
> +       <entry>zulu</entry>
> +       <entry>Military abbreviation for GMT</entry>
> +      </row>
> +      <row>
> +       <entry>z</entry>
> +       <entry>Short form of zulu</entry>
> +      </row>
>       </tbody>
>          </tgroup>
>         </table>
> ***************
> *** 1828,1834 ****
>         <entry>midnight yesterday</entry>
>        </row>
>        <row>
> !       <entry><literal>zulu</>, <literal>allballs</>, <literal>z</></entry>
>             <entry><type>time</type></entry>
>         <entry>00:00:00.00 UTC</entry>
>        </row>
> --- 1832,1838 ----
>         <entry>midnight yesterday</entry>
>        </row>
>        <row>
> !       <entry><literal>allballs</literal></entry>
>             <entry><type>time</type></entry>
>         <entry>00:00:00.00 UTC</entry>
>        </row>

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