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2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4c34d45..1b13e62 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-01-18 TAMUKI Shoichi <tamuki@linet.gr.jp>
+
+ * manual/time.texi (strftime): Fix the wording to "alternative" rather
+ than "alternate".
+
2019-01-16 Paul A. Clarke <pc@us.ibm.com>
* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strncmp.c: Fix #ifdef.
diff --git a/manual/time.texi b/manual/time.texi
index 9e98131..fd7781c 100644
--- a/manual/time.texi
+++ b/manual/time.texi
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ POSIX.2-1992 and by @w{ISO C99}, are:
@table @code
@item E
-Use the locale's alternate representation for date and time. This
+Use the locale's alternative representation for date and time. This
modifier applies to the @code{%c}, @code{%C}, @code{%x}, @code{%X},
@code{%y} and @code{%Y} format specifiers. In a Japanese locale, for
example, @code{%Ex} might yield a date format based on the Japanese
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ Emperors' reigns.
@item O
With all format specifiers that produce numbers: use the locale's
-alternate numeric symbols.
+alternative numeric symbols.
With @code{%B}, @code{%b}, and @code{%h}: use the grammatical form for
month names that is appropriate when the month is named by itself,
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ rather than the form that is appropriate when the month is used as
part of a complete date. This is a GNU extension.
@end table
-If the format supports the modifier but no alternate representation
+If the format supports the modifier but no alternative representation
is available, it is ignored.
The conversion specifier ends with a format specifier taken from the