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diff --git a/doc/getdate.texi b/doc/getdate.texi index 9280c5087..d1d42b3e3 100644 --- a/doc/getdate.texi +++ b/doc/getdate.texi @@ -89,13 +89,17 @@ many flavors of items: @findex first @r{in date strings} @findex next @r{in date strings} @findex last @r{in date strings} -A few numbers may be written out in words in most contexts. This is +A few ordinal numbers may be written out in words in some contexts. This is most useful for specifying day of the week items or relative items (see -below). Here is the list: @samp{first} for 1, @samp{next} for 2, -@samp{third} for 3, @samp{fourth} for 4, @samp{fifth} for 5, +below). Among the most commonly used ordinal numbers, the word +@samp{last} stands for @math{-1}, @samp{this} stands for 0, and +@samp{first} and @samp{next} both stand for 1. Because the word +@samp{second} stands for the unit of time there is no way to write the +ordinal number 2, but for convenience @samp{third} stands for 3, +@samp{fourth} for 4, @samp{fifth} for 5, @samp{sixth} for 6, @samp{seventh} for 7, @samp{eighth} for 8, @samp{ninth} for 9, @samp{tenth} for 10, @samp{eleventh} for 11 and -@samp{twelfth} for 12. Also, @samp{last} means exactly @math{-1}. +@samp{twelfth} for 12. @cindex months, written-out When a month is written this way, it is still considered to be written |