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diff --git a/manual/locale.texi b/manual/locale.texi index 60ad2a1e40..059db75c1c 100644 --- a/manual/locale.texi +++ b/manual/locale.texi @@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ corresponds to Sunday. @itemx DAY_5 @itemx DAY_6 @itemx DAY_7 -Similar to @code{ABDAY_1} etc., but here the return value is the +Similar to @code{ABDAY_1} etc.,@: but here the return value is the unabbreviated weekday name. @item ABMON_1 @itemx ABMON_2 @@ -937,7 +937,8 @@ unabbreviated weekday name. @itemx ABMON_10 @itemx ABMON_11 @itemx ABMON_12 -The return value is abbreviated name of the month. @code{ABMON_1} +The return value is the abbreviated name of the month, in the grammatical +form used when the month forms part of a complete date. @code{ABMON_1} corresponds to January. @item MON_1 @itemx MON_2 @@ -951,8 +952,27 @@ corresponds to January. @itemx MON_10 @itemx MON_11 @itemx MON_12 -Similar to @code{ABMON_1} etc., but here the month names are not abbreviated. +Similar to @code{ABMON_1} etc.,@: but here the month names are not abbreviated. Here the first value @code{MON_1} also corresponds to January. +@item ALTMON_1 +@itemx ALTMON_2 +@itemx ALTMON_3 +@itemx ALTMON_4 +@itemx ALTMON_5 +@itemx ALTMON_6 +@itemx ALTMON_7 +@itemx ALTMON_8 +@itemx ALTMON_9 +@itemx ALTMON_10 +@itemx ALTMON_11 +@itemx ALTMON_12 +Similar to @code{MON_1} etc.,@: but here the month names are in the grammatical +form used when the month is named by itself. The @code{strftime} functions +use these month names for the format specifier @code{OB}. + +Note that not all languages need two different forms of the month names, +so the strings returned for @code{MON_@dots{}} and @code{ALTMON_@dots{}} +may or may not be the same, depending on the locale. @item AM_STR @itemx PM_STR The return values are strings which can be used in the representation of time |