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authorKevin B Kenny <kennykb@acm.org>2004-12-13 15:51:32 (GMT)
committerKevin B Kenny <kennykb@acm.org>2004-12-13 15:51:32 (GMT)
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Add note to clock.n disclaiming full ISO8601 support
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\fIISO 8601 point-in-time\fR
An ISO 8601 point-in-time specification, such as \fBCCyymmddThhmmss\fR,
where \fBT\fR is the literal T, "\fBCCyymmdd hhmmss\fR", or
-\fBCCyymmddThh:mm:ss\fR.
+\fBCCyymmddThh:mm:ss\fR. Note that only these three formats are accepted.
+The command does \fInot\fR accept the full range of point-in-time
+specifications specified in ISO8601. Other formats can be recognized by
+giving an explicit \fI-format\fR option to the \fBclock scan\fR command.
.TP
\fIrelative time\fR
A specification relative to the current time. The format is \fBnumber
-unit\fR. Acceptable units are \fByear\fR, \fBfortnight\fR, \fBmonth\fR, \fBweek\fR, \fBday\fR,
+unit\fR. Acceptable units are \fByear\fR, \fBfortnight\fR,
+\fBmonth\fR, \fBweek\fR, \fBday\fR,
\fBhour\fR, \fBminute\fR (or \fBmin\fR), and \fBsecond\fR (or \fBsec\fR). The
unit can be specified as a singular or plural, as in \fB3 weeks\fR.
These modifiers may also be specified: