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strftime.3: Expand introductory text
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.\" FIXME POSIX says: Local timezone information is used as though
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.\" FIXME POSIX says: Local timezone information is used as though
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.\" strftime() called tzset(). But this doesn't appear to be the case
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.\" strftime() called tzset(). But this doesn't appear to be the case
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.PP
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Ordinary characters placed in the format string are copied to \fIs\fP
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The format specification is a null-terminated string and may contain
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without conversion.
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special character sequences called
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.I "Conversion specifications"
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.IR "conversion specifications",
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are introduced by a \(aq%\(aq
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each of which is introduced by a \(aq%\(aq character and terminated by
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character, and terminated by a
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some other character known as a
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.IR "conversion specifier character" ,
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.IR "conversion specifier character".
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and are replaced in \fIs\fP as follows:
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All other character sequences are
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.IR "ordinary character sequences".
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.PP
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The characters of ordinary character sequences (including the null byte)
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are copied verbatim from \fIformat\fP to \fIs\fP. However, the characters
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of conversion specifications are replaced as follows:
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.TP
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.TP
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.B %a
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.B %a
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The abbreviated weekday name according to the current locale.
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The abbreviated weekday name according to the current locale.
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