X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/etc/awesome.git/blobdiff_plain/86473212afa1a64fa691d4562902e916538dd47a..1d9261eb093db6618ae886483bdde36d701289de:/doc/index.md diff --git a/doc/index.md b/doc/index.md index 6c08c24..2b7872d 100644 --- a/doc/index.md +++ b/doc/index.md @@ -8,19 +8,34 @@ The table includes the following sub modules, which have their own documentation - `timetable`: Class for date/time objects supporting normalisation -## `time ( )` +### `time ( )` -Returns the current unix timestamp using the most accurate source available. +Returns the current unix timestamp using the most precise source available. See `gettime` for more information. -## `get_tz ( timezone_name )` +### `get_tz ( [timezone_name] )` Returns a timezone object (see `tzinfo` documentation) for the given `timezone_name`. -This uses the local zoneinfo database; names are usually of the form `Country/Largest_City`. +If `timezone_name` is `nil` then the local timezone is used. +If `timezone_name` is an absolute path, then that `tzinfo` file is used +This uses the local [zoneinfo database](https://www.iana.org/time-zones); +names are usually of the form `Country/Largest_City` e.g. "America/New_York". +Check [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones) for an example list. -## `time_in ( timezone_name [, utc_ts] )` -Returns the current time in seconds since 1970-01-01 0:00:00 in the given timezone -(as a string, e.g. "America/New_York") at the given UTC time (defaults to now). +### `time_in ( timezone_name [, utc_ts] )` + +Returns the current time in seconds since 1970-01-01 0:00:00 in the given timezone as a string, +(same semantics as `get_tz`) at the given UTC time (defaults to now). + + +## As in the C standard library + +### `gmtime ( ts )` + +### `localtime ( ts )` + +### `ctime ( ts )` +