doc/index: Add C-like functions

[etc/awesome.git] / doc / tzinfo.md

diff --git a/doc/tzinfo.md b/doc/tzinfo.md
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--- a/doc/tzinfo.md
+++ b/doc/tzinfo.md
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ so the following details can be skipped over.
 
 The table contains a sequence of tables that describe the timezone at a given point
 using a `transition_time`: the unix timestamp (in UTC) that this definition starts, and
-a `info` table, which contains information about the change at that point:
+a `tt_info` object.
+
+A `tt_info` object contains information about a time offset;
+and contains the following fields:
 
   - `gmtoff` (number) The offset from GMT (UTC) in seconds
   - `isdst` (boolean): If this change was declared as daylight savings
@@ -22,18 +25,19 @@ a `info` table, which contains information about the change at that point:
   - `isstd` (boolean)
   - `isgmt` (boolean)
 
-## `:find_current ( utc_ts )`
 
-Returns the relevant `info` table at the given utc timestamp for the given UTC timestamp.
+### `:find_current ( utc_ts )`
+
+Returns the relevant `tt_info` object for the given UTC timestamp in the timezone.
 
 
-## `:localise ( utc_ts )` and `:localize ( utc_ts )`
+### `:localise ( utc_ts )` and `:localize ( utc_ts )`
 
 Convert the given UTC timestamp to the timezone.
 Returns the number of seconds since unix epoch in the given timezone.
 
 
-## `:utctime ( local_ts )`
+### `:utctime ( local_ts )`
 
 Convert the given local timestamp (seconds since unix epoch in the time zone) to a UTC timestamp.
 This may result in ambigous results, in which case multiple values are returned.