commit 584194fceb6af154a4e7504cc0fd625b7bc8ef0f
parent ea3e1f264176741bc6085680275c877f0c8896f1
Author: Alexander Burger <abu@software-lab.de>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:16:16 +0200
Slight modification of 'date' docs
Diffstat:
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/ref.html b/doc/ref.html
@@ -1775,7 +1775,7 @@ abbreviations:
<li><code>any</code> - Anything: Any primary data type
<li><code>flg</code> - Flag: Boolean value (<code>NIL</code> or non-<code>NIL</code>)
<li><code>cnt</code> - A count or a small number
-<li><code>dat</code> - Date: Days since first of March, in the year 0 A.D.
+<li><code>dat</code> - Date: Days, starting first of March of the year 0 A.D.
<li><code>tim</code> - Time: Seconds since midnight
<li><code>obj</code> - Object/Class: A symbol with methods and/or classes
<li><code>var</code> - Variable: Either a symbol or a cell
diff --git a/doc/refD.html b/doc/refD.html
@@ -203,14 +203,14 @@ href="refD.html#datStr">datStr</a></code>.
<dt><code>(date 'dat) -> (y m d)</code>
<dt><code>(date 'y 'm 'd) -> dat | NIL</code>
<dt><code>(date '(y m d)) -> dat | NIL</code>
-<dd>Calculates a (gregorian) calendar date, represented as the number of days
-since first of March in the year 0. When called without arguments, the current
-date is returned. When called with a <code>T</code> argument, the current
-Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is returned. When called with a single number
-<code>dat</code>, it is taken as a date and a list with the corresponding year,
-month and day is returned. When called with three numbers (or a list of three
-numbers) for the year, month and day, the corresponding date is returned (or
-<code>NIL</code> if they do not represent a legal date). See also <code><a
+<dd>Calculates a (gregorian) calendar date. It is represented as a day number,
+starting first of March of the year 0 AD. When called without arguments, the
+current date is returned. When called with a <code>T</code> argument, the
+current Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is returned. When called with a single
+number <code>dat</code>, it is taken as a date and a list with the corresponding
+year, month and day is returned. When called with three numbers (or a list of
+three numbers) for the year, month and day, the corresponding date is returned
+(or <code>NIL</code> if they do not represent a legal date). See also <code><a
href="refT.html#time">time</a></code>, <code><a
href="refS.html#stamp">stamp</a></code>, <code><a
href="ref_.html#$dat">$dat</a></code>, <code><a
diff --git a/doc/tut.html b/doc/tut.html
@@ -1925,8 +1925,8 @@ relations as <code>+Joint</code>s.
</code></pre>
<p>They are all searchable via a non-unique index (<code>+Ref</code>). Date
-values in PicoLisp are just numbers, representing the numbers of days since
-first of March in the year zero.
+values in PicoLisp are just numbers, representing the day number (starting first
+of March of the year zero).
<p>A method <code>url></code> is defined:
