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Diffstat (limited to 'timev.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | timev.rb | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ # Other calendars, such as Julian calendar, are not supported. # # The implementation uses a signed 63 bit integer, Integer (Bignum) object or -# Ratoinal object to represent a rational value. +# Rational object to represent a rational value. # (The signed 63 bit integer is used regardless of 32 and 64 bit environments.) # The value represents the number of nanoseconds from _Epoch_. # The signed 63 bit integer can represent 1823-11-12 to 2116-02-20. @@ -68,23 +68,23 @@ # and 6-tuple (year,month,day,hour,minute,second). # +localtime+ is used for local time and +gmtime+ is used for UTC. # -# Integer and Rational has no range limit, but the localtime and -# gmtime has range limits due to the C types +time_t+ and <tt>struct tm</tt>. +# Integer and Rational have no range limit, but localtime and +# gmtime have range limits due to the C types +time_t+ and <tt>struct tm</tt>. # If that limit is exceeded, Ruby extrapolates the localtime function. # # +time_t+ can represent 1901-12-14 to 2038-01-19 if it is 32 bit signed integer, # -292277022657-01-27 to 292277026596-12-05 if it is 64 bit signed integer. -# However +localtime+ on some platforms doesn't supports negative +time_t+ (before 1970). +# However +localtime+ on some platforms doesn't support negative +time_t+ (before 1970). # # <tt>struct tm</tt> has _tm_year_ member to represent years. # (<tt>tm_year = 0</tt> means the year 1900.) # It is defined as +int+ in the C standard. # _tm_year_ can represent years between -2147481748 to 2147485547 if +int+ is 32 bit. # -# Ruby supports leap seconds as far as if the C function +localtime+ and -# +gmtime+ supports it. +# Ruby supports leap seconds as far as the C functions +localtime+ and +# +gmtime+ support them. # They use the tz database in most Unix systems. -# The tz database has timezones which supports leap seconds. +# The tz database has timezones which support leap seconds. # For example, "Asia/Tokyo" doesn't support leap seconds but # "right/Asia/Tokyo" supports leap seconds. # So, Ruby supports leap seconds if the TZ environment variable is @@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ # # First, what's elsewhere. Class +Time+: # -# - Inherits from {class Object}[rdoc-ref:Object@What-27s+Here]. -# - Includes {module Comparable}[rdoc-ref:Comparable@What-27s+Here]. +# - Inherits from {class Object}[rdoc-ref:Object@Whats+Here]. +# - Includes {module Comparable}[rdoc-ref:Comparable@Whats+Here]. # # Here, class +Time+ provides methods that are useful for: # |