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author | akr <akr@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e> | 2009-04-21 17:16:11 +0000 |
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committer | akr <akr@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e> | 2009-04-21 17:16:11 +0000 |
commit | f67380be58e0a401163bfb1729864e6eae52764d (patch) | |
tree | b784b8c4c26aec789e3c01db714c397d615b861d /time.c | |
parent | fd9bfef325f037e5d3ae3551a11736ce52b5af9f (diff) |
update rdoc.
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@23249 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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@@ -3262,18 +3262,17 @@ time_load(VALUE klass, VALUE str) /* * <code>Time</code> is an abstraction of dates and times. Time is - * stored internally as the number of seconds and nanoseconds since - * the <em>Epoch</em>, January 1, 1970 00:00 UTC. On some operating - * systems, this offset is allowed to be negative. Also see the - * library modules <code>Date</code>. The - * <code>Time</code> class treats GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) and UTC - * (Coordinated Universal Time)<em>[Yes, UTC really does stand for + * stored internally as the number of seconds with fraction since + * the <em>Epoch</em>, January 1, 1970 00:00 UTC. + * Also see the library modules <code>Date</code>. + * The <code>Time</code> class treats GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) and + * UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)<em>[Yes, UTC really does stand for * Coordinated Universal Time. There was a committee involved.]</em> * as equivalent. GMT is the older way of referring to these * baseline times but persists in the names of calls on POSIX * systems. * - * All times are stored with some number of nanoseconds. Be aware of + * All times may have fraction. Be aware of * this fact when comparing times with each other---times that are * apparently equal when displayed may be different when compared. */ |