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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml index fb75a1e8b08..0b554462451 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ <para> If the token is a text string, match up with possible strings: </para> - + <substeps> <step> <para> @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ abbreviation. </para> </step> - + <step> <para> If not found, do a similar binary-search table lookup to match @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ </step> </substeps> </step> - + <step> <para> When the token is a number or number field: @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ <step> <para> If there are eight or six digits, - and if no other date fields have been previously read, then interpret + and if no other date fields have been previously read, then interpret as a <quote>concatenated date</quote> (e.g., <literal>19990118</literal> or <literal>990118</literal>). The interpretation is <literal>YYYYMMDD</> or <literal>YYMMDD</>. @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ and a year has already been read, then interpret as day of year. </para> </step> - + <step> <para> If four or six digits and a year has already been read, then @@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ about 1 day in 128 years. </para> - <para> + <para> The accumulating calendar error prompted Pope Gregory XIII to reform the calendar in accordance with instructions from the Council of Trent. @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ $ <userinput>cal 9 1752</userinput> the beginnings of the Chinese calendar can be traced back to the 14th century BC. Legend has it that the Emperor Huangdi invented that calendar in 2637 BC. - + The People's Republic of China uses the Gregorian calendar for civil purposes. The Chinese calendar is used for determining festivals. @@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ $ <userinput>cal 9 1752</userinput> <para> The <quote>Julian Date</quote> is unrelated to the <quote>Julian - calendar</quote>. + calendar</quote>. The Julian Date system was invented by the French scholar Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540-1609) and probably takes its name from Scaliger's father, |