[src/trunk]: src/lib/libc/time Note restrictions on return values from tzgetn...

[pgoyette <pgoyette%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/34a3d468bed6
branches:  trunk
changeset: 455931:34a3d468bed6
user:      pgoyette <pgoyette%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Thu Apr 18 11:20:17 2019 +0000

description:
Note restrictions on return values from tzgetname() and tzgmtoff()

diffstat:

 lib/libc/time/tzset.3 |  17 +++++++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diffs (38 lines):

diff -r 16ba620317be -r 34a3d468bed6 lib/libc/time/tzset.3
--- a/lib/libc/time/tzset.3     Thu Apr 18 10:42:25 2019 +0000
+++ b/lib/libc/time/tzset.3     Thu Apr 18 11:20:17 2019 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: tzset.3,v 1.39 2018/10/19 23:05:35 christos Exp $
-.Dd October 19, 2018
+.\"    $NetBSD: tzset.3,v 1.40 2019/04/18 11:20:17 pgoyette Exp $
+.Dd April 18, 2019
 .Dt TZSET 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@
 .Va 1
 the call is equivalent to
 .Va tzname[1] .
+The return values for both
+.Fn tzgetname
+and
+.Fn tzgmtoff
+correspond to the latest time for which data is available, even if that
+refers to a future time.
 Finally, the
 .Fn tzgetgmtoff
 function acts like
@@ -424,6 +430,13 @@
 .Fn tzset
 function conforms to
 .St -p1003.1-88 .
+.Sh BUGS
+Neither the
+.Fn tzgetname
+nor
+.Fn tzgmtoff
+functions have the ability to specify the point in time for which the
+requested data should be returned.
 .\" @(#)newtzset.3     8.2
 .\" This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 .\" 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.