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| author | Benno Schulenberg | 2014-01-06 21:43:44 +0100 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2014-01-07 09:44:01 +0100 |
| commit | cad44d02bd8ac0c36d50f53ac9f335520aa2e247 (patch) | |
| tree | 2c9be98243c4093cb4e858a4ab2b050a2f4ea5c3 /misc-utils/cal.1 | |
| parent | lscpu: support discontinuous NUMA nodes (diff) | |
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cal: in man page improve grammar and wording of the reformation limitation
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/misc-utils/cal.1 b/misc-utils/cal.1 index c305eee2d..470d23192 100644 --- a/misc-utils/cal.1 +++ b/misc-utils/cal.1 @@ -111,11 +111,12 @@ is used, where the first Thursday of the year is in week number 1. .PP The .B cal -is using for Gregorian reformation the date of 1752 on the 3rd of -September when it happen in Great Britain and it's colonies (including -what is now the USA). Ten days following that date were eliminated by -the reformation, so the calendar for that month is a bit unusual. The -history when calendar reformation happen in different locales is ignored. +program uses the 3rd of September 1752 as the date of the Gregorian calendar +reformation -- that is when it happened in Great Britain and its colonies +(including what is now the USA). Ten days following that date were eliminated +by this reformation, so the calendar for that month is rather unusual. +The actual historical dates at which the calendar reform happened in all the +different countries (locales) are ignored. .PP Alternative calendars, such as the Umm al-Qura, the Solar Hijri, the Ge'ez, or the lunisolar Hindu, are not supported. |