From 6d892bd19e6345204aede0b814de5bf1d4614c98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Stosberg Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 19:05:34 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] man: improve readability of time shorthands and their normalized forms. (#5912) --- man/systemd.time.xml | 28 +++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/systemd.time.xml b/man/systemd.time.xml index d30c6cffc9..659f14328e 100644 --- a/man/systemd.time.xml +++ b/man/systemd.time.xml @@ -242,23 +242,17 @@ the local timezone, similar to the supported syntax of timestamps (see above). Non-local timezones except for UTC are not supported. - The special expressions - minutely, - hourly, daily, - monthly, weekly, - yearly, - quarterly, - semiannually may be used as - calendar events which refer to - *-*-* *:*:00, - *-*-* *:00:00, - *-*-* 00:00:00, - *-*-01 00:00:00, - Mon *-*-* 00:00:00, - *-01-01 00:00:00, - *-01,04,07,10-01 00:00:00 and - *-01,07-01 00:00:00, respectively. - + The following special expressions may be used as shorthands for longer normalized forms: + + minutely → *-*-* *:*:00 + hourly → *-*-* *:00:00 + daily → *-*-* 00:00:00 + monthly → *-*-01 00:00:00 + weekly → Mon *-*-* 00:00:00 + yearly → *-01-01 00:00:00 + quarterly → *-01,04,07,10-01 00:00:00 +semiannually → *-01,07-01 00:00:00 + Examples for valid timestamps and their normalized form: