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time.2: NOTES: Fix description of "Seconds since the Epoch" 

Reported-by: Alexander Schuch <Alex.Schuch@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 14:13:40 1993 by Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu>
.\" Additions by Joseph S. Myers <jsm28@cam.ac.uk>, 970909
.\"
.TH TIME 2 2010-02-25 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH TIME 2 2011-09-09 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
time \- get time in seconds
.SH SYNOPSIS
@ -61,16 +61,18 @@ POSIX does not specify any error conditions.
.SH NOTES
POSIX.1 defines
.I seconds since the Epoch
as a value to be interpreted as the number of seconds between a
specified time and the Epoch, according to a formula for conversion
from UTC equivalent to conversion on the naive basis that leap
seconds are ignored and all years divisible by 4 are leap years.
using a formula that approximates the number of seconds between a
specified time and the Epoch.
This formula takes account of the facts that
all years that are evenly divisible by 4 are leap years,
but years that are evenly divisible by 100 are not leap years
unless they are also evenly divisible by 400,
in which case they are leap years.
This value is not the same as the actual number of seconds between the time
and the Epoch, because of leap seconds and because clocks are not
and the Epoch, because of leap seconds and because system clocks are not
required to be synchronized to a standard reference.
The intention is
that the interpretation of seconds since the Epoch values be
consistent; see POSIX.1 Annex B 2.2.2 for further rationale.
The intention is that the interpretation of seconds since the Epoch values be
consistent; see POSIX.1-2008 Rationale A.4.15 for further rationale.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR date (1),
.BR gettimeofday (2),