X-Git-Url: http://gitweb.michael.orlitzky.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fman1%2Fhtsn-import.1;h=92a7dbc48d29754f76b7b0ccaded2d472d7fdd2a;hb=6b8d64cbe8094ea450cddc45362987ab36d4d82a;hp=34a8bbef7dd0cfbfb4ec412707ad93de709a987e;hpb=b63146a890d17e73e5943b427d51fd9311365bb8;p=dead%2Fhtsn-import.git diff --git a/doc/man1/htsn-import.1 b/doc/man1/htsn-import.1 index 34a8bbe..92a7dbc 100644 --- a/doc/man1/htsn-import.1 +++ b/doc/man1/htsn-import.1 @@ -381,9 +381,11 @@ The \(dqtime zone\(dq is given as \(dqET\(dq, but unfortunately \(dqET\(dq is not a valid time zone. It stands for \(dqEastern Time\(dq, which can belong to either of two time zones, EST or EDT, based on the time of the year (that is, whether or not daylight -savings time is in effect). Since we can't tell from the timestamp, we -always parse these as EST which is UTC-5. When daylight savings is in -effect, they will be off by an hour. +savings time is in effect) and one's location (for example, Arizona +doesn't observe daylight savings time). It's not much more useful to +be off by one hour than it is to be off by five hours, and since we +can't determine the true offset from the timestamp, we always parse +and store these as UTC. Here's a list of the ones that may cause surprises: @@ -437,6 +439,10 @@ don't have any other information upon which to base a guess. Even if one ignores the UTC time zone, the time can possibly be off by 12 hours (due to the a.m./p.m. issue). +The game