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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml index 3d80d254f0..cbdb673b71 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml,v 2.55 2006/10/17 21:03:20 tgl Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml,v 2.56 2007/01/31 20:56:16 momjian Exp $ --> <appendix id="datetime-appendix"> <title>Date/Time Support</title> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> uses an internal heuristic parser for all date/time input support. Dates and times are input as strings, and are broken up into distinct fields with a preliminary - determination of what kind of information may be in the + determination of what kind of information can be in the field. Each field is interpreted and either assigned a numeric value, ignored, or rejected. The parser contains internal lookup tables for all textual fields, @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ <para> If the numeric token contains a dash (<literal>-</>), slash (<literal>/</>), or two or more dots (<literal>.</>), this is - a date string which may have a text month. If a date token has + a date string which might have a text month. If a date token has already been seen, it is instead interpreted as a time zone name (e.g., <literal>America/New_York</>). </para> @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ <tip> <para> - Gregorian years AD 1-99 may be entered by using 4 digits with leading + Gregorian years AD 1-99 can be entered by using 4 digits with leading zeros (e.g., <literal>0099</> is AD 99). </para> </tip> @@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ </para> <para> - A timezone abbreviation file may contain blank lines and comments + A timezone abbreviation file can contain blank lines and comments beginning with <literal>#</>. Non-comment lines must have one of these formats: @@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ <para> The <literal>@OVERRIDE</> syntax indicates that subsequent entries in the - file may override previous entries (i.e., entries obtained from included + file can override previous entries (i.e., entries obtained from included files). Without this, conflicting definitions of the same timezone abbreviation are considered an error. </para> |