Module Name: src
Committed By: tron
Date: Sat Aug 28 13:42:08 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
src/lib/libutil: parsedate.3
Log Message:
Mention recent enhancement and not that this function is neither
re-entrant nor thread-safe.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.6 -r1.7 src/lib/libutil/parsedate.3
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Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libutil/parsedate.3
diff -u src/lib/libutil/parsedate.3:1.6 src/lib/libutil/parsedate.3:1.7
--- src/lib/libutil/parsedate.3:1.6 Tue May 4 06:41:27 2010
+++ src/lib/libutil/parsedate.3 Sat Aug 28 13:42:07 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: parsedate.3,v 1.6 2010/05/04 06:41:27 jruoho Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: parsedate.3,v 1.7 2010/08/28 13:42:07 tron Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2006 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd May 4, 2010
+.Dd Aug 28, 2010
.Dt PARSEDATE 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -228,6 +228,12 @@
.It next sunday
.It +2 years
.El
+.Pp
+Seconds since epoch (also known as UNIX time) are also supported:
+.Bl -tag -compact -width "@735275209"
+.It @735275209
+Tue Apr 20 03:06:49 UTC 1993
+.El
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Fn parsedate
returns the number of seconds passed since the Epoch, or
@@ -236,6 +242,8 @@
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr date 1 ,
.Xr eeprom 8
+.Sh BUGS
+The parsedate function is not re-entrant or thread-safe.
.Sh HISTORY
The parser used in
.Fn parsedate
