From adaffb391b014595f30fcff595e123d3b4a091be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 09:31:26 +0000 Subject: (Time directives) [%S]: Explain why the range is [0..60]. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index ee4c32286..eaa6a0366 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -10183,7 +10183,8 @@ Note that this value is the number of seconds between the epoch and the current date as defined by the localtime system call. It isn't changed by the @option{--date} option. @item %S -second (00@dots{}60) +second (00@dots{}60). The range is [00@dots{}60], and not [00@dots{}59], +in order to accommodate the occasional positive leap second. @item %T time, 24-hour (hh:mm:ss) @item %X -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2