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author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2023-06-22 13:44:50 -0700 |
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committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2023-06-22 13:49:09 -0700 |
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Call "CST" a time zone abbreviation, not a name
In documentation, call strings like "CST" time zone abbreviations, not
time zone names. This terminology is more precise, and is what tzdb uses.
A string like "CST" is ambiguous and does not fully name a time zone.
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diff --git a/manual/conf.texi b/manual/conf.texi index ba9847a..158285d 100644 --- a/manual/conf.texi +++ b/manual/conf.texi @@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ If defined, the unvarying maximum number of streams that a single process can have open simultaneously. @xref{Opening Streams}. @end deftypevr -@cindex limits, time zone name length +@cindex limits, time zone abbreviation length @deftypevr Macro int TZNAME_MAX @standards{POSIX.1, limits.h} -If defined, the unvarying maximum length of a time zone name. +If defined, the unvarying maximum length of a time zone abbreviation. @xref{Time Zone Functions}. @end deftypevr @@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ simultaneously. Its value is @code{8}. @item _POSIX_TZNAME_MAX @standards{POSIX.1, limits.h} The value of this macro is the most restrictive limit permitted by POSIX -for the maximum length of a time zone name. Its value is @code{3}. +for the maximum length of a time zone abbreviation. Its value is @code{3}. @item _POSIX2_RE_DUP_MAX @standards{POSIX.2, limits.h} |