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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2023-06-22 13:44:50 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2023-06-22 13:49:09 -0700
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Call "CST" a time zone abbreviation, not a name
In documentation, call strings like "CST" time zone abbreviations, not
time zone names.  This terminology is more precise, and is what tzdb uses.
A string like "CST" is ambiguous and does not fully name a time zone.
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-rw-r--r--posix/bits/posix1_lim.h2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/posix/bits/posix1_lim.h b/posix/bits/posix1_lim.h
index c2ec164228..e83d6254d5 100644
--- a/posix/bits/posix1_lim.h
+++ b/posix/bits/posix1_lim.h
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 /* Maximum number of characters in a tty name.  */
 #define	_POSIX_TTY_NAME_MAX	9
 
-/* Maximum length of a timezone name (element of `tzname').  */
+/* Maximum length of a time zone abbreviation (element of 'tzname').  */
 #ifdef __USE_XOPEN2K
 # define _POSIX_TZNAME_MAX	6
 #else