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[Emacs-diffs] master aadf721 1/2: Improve documentation for year-zero is
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Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] master aadf721 1/2: Improve documentation for year-zero issues |
Date: |
Sun, 6 Oct 2019 00:24:15 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: master
commit aadf72167673c8702531ba3802e3d5f137f139ba
Author: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
Commit: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
Improve documentation for year-zero issues
* doc/emacs/calendar.texi (Calendar Systems)
* doc/lispref/os.texi (Time Conversion):
Prefer "BC" to "B.C." since the documentation generally uses "BC".
* doc/misc/emacs-mime.texi (time-date):
* lisp/calendar/time-date.el (date-to-day, time-to-days):
In the doc string, state the day origin more clearly, and more
consistently with the rest of the documentation.
* src/timefns.c (Fdecode_time): State the year origin in
the doc string.
---
doc/emacs/calendar.texi | 2 +-
doc/lispref/os.texi | 4 ++--
doc/misc/emacs-mime.texi | 4 ++--
lisp/calc/calc-forms.el | 2 +-
lisp/calendar/time-date.el | 11 ++++++-----
src/timefns.c | 4 ++--
6 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/calendar.texi b/doc/emacs/calendar.texi
index e337474..eaae019 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/calendar.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/calendar.texi
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ century.
@cindex Julian day numbers
@cindex astronomical day numbers
Astronomers use a simple counting of days elapsed since noon, Monday,
-January 1, 4713 B.C. on the Julian calendar. The number of days elapsed
+January 1, 4713 BC on the Julian calendar. The number of days elapsed
is called the @dfn{Julian day number} or the @dfn{Astronomical day number}.
@cindex Hebrew calendar
diff --git a/doc/lispref/os.texi b/doc/lispref/os.texi
index fae23cb..912d464 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/os.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/os.texi
@@ -1435,9 +1435,9 @@ the past or future.
Calendrical conversion functions always use the Gregorian calendar, even
for dates before the Gregorian calendar was introduced. Year numbers
-count the number of years since the year 1 B.C., and do not skip zero
+count the number of years since the year 1 BC, and do not skip zero
as traditional Gregorian years do; for example, the year number
-@minus{}37 represents the Gregorian year 38 B.C@.
+@minus{}37 represents the Gregorian year 38 BC@.
@defun time-convert time &optional form
This function converts a time value into a Lisp timestamp.
diff --git a/doc/misc/emacs-mime.texi b/doc/misc/emacs-mime.texi
index 8a1ba96..53d0a62 100644
--- a/doc/misc/emacs-mime.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/emacs-mime.texi
@@ -1603,8 +1603,8 @@ An integer or floating point count of seconds. For
instance:
@code{905595714.0}, @code{905595714}.
@item days
-An integer number representing the number of days since 00000101. For
-instance: @code{729644}.
+An integer number representing the number of days since Sunday,
+December 31, 1 BC (Gregorian). For instance: @code{729644}.
@item decoded time
A list of decoded time. For instance: @code{(54 21 12 12 9 1998 6 nil
diff --git a/lisp/calc/calc-forms.el b/lisp/calc/calc-forms.el
index 98dcfab..6c8b988 100644
--- a/lisp/calc/calc-forms.el
+++ b/lisp/calc/calc-forms.el
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@
;;; These versions are rewritten to use arbitrary-size integers.
;;; A numerical date is the number of days since midnight on
-;;; the morning of December 31, 1 B.C. (Gregorian) or January 2, 1 A.D.
(Julian).
+;;; the morning of December 31, 1 BC (Gregorian) or January 2, 1 AD (Julian).
;;; Emacs's calendar refers to such a date as an absolute date, some Calc
function
;;; names also use that terminology. If the date is a non-integer, it
represents
;;; a specific date and time.
diff --git a/lisp/calendar/time-date.el b/lisp/calendar/time-date.el
index 11bd469..dec1531 100644
--- a/lisp/calendar/time-date.el
+++ b/lisp/calendar/time-date.el
@@ -197,8 +197,9 @@ TIME should be either a time value or a date-time string."
;;;###autoload
(defun date-to-day (date)
- "Return the number of days between year 1 and DATE.
-DATE should be a date-time string."
+ "Return the absolute date of DATE, a date-time string.
+The absolute date is the number of days elapsed since the imaginary
+Gregorian date Sunday, December 31, 1 BC."
(time-to-days (date-to-time date)))
;;;###autoload
@@ -233,9 +234,9 @@ DATE1 and DATE2 should be date-time strings."
;;;###autoload
(defun time-to-days (time)
- "The number of days between the Gregorian date 0001-12-31bce and TIME.
-TIME should be a time value.
-The Gregorian date Sunday, December 31, 1bce is imaginary."
+ "The absolute date corresponding to TIME, a time value.
+The absolute date is the number of days elapsed since the imaginary
+Gregorian date Sunday, December 31, 1 BC."
(let* ((tim (decode-time time))
(year (decoded-time-year tim)))
(+ (time-date--day-in-year tim) ; Days this year
diff --git a/src/timefns.c b/src/timefns.c
index 9509b6b..6afeca1 100644
--- a/src/timefns.c
+++ b/src/timefns.c
@@ -1491,8 +1491,8 @@ Lisp timestamp representing a nonnegative value less than
60
\(or less than 61 if the operating system supports leap seconds).
MINUTE is an integer between 0 and 59. HOUR is an integer
between 0 and 23. DAY is an integer between 1 and 31. MONTH is an
-integer between 1 and 12. YEAR is an integer indicating the
-four-digit year. DOW is the day of week, an integer between 0 and 6,
+integer between 1 and 12. YEAR is the year number, an integer; 0
+represents 1 BC. DOW is the day of week, an integer between 0 and 6,
where 0 is Sunday. DST is t if daylight saving time is in effect,
nil if it is not in effect, and -1 if daylight saving information is
not available. UTCOFF is an integer indicating the UTC offset in