@var{offset} is an integer giving the number of seconds ahead of UTC
(east of Greenwich). A negative value means west of Greenwich. The
second element, @var{name}, is a string giving the name of the time
-zone. Both elements change when daylight savings time begins or ends;
+zone. Both elements change when daylight saving time begins or ends;
if the user has specified a time zone that does not use a seasonal time
adjustment, then the value is constant through time.
The day of week, as an integer between 0 and 6, where 0 stands for
Sunday.
@item dst
-@code{t} if daylight savings time is effect, otherwise @code{nil}.
+@code{t} if daylight saving time is effect, otherwise @code{nil}.
@item zone
An integer indicating the time zone, as the number of seconds east of
Greenwich.
yourself before you call @code{encode-time}.
The optional argument @var{zone} defaults to the current time zone and
-its daylight savings time rules. If specified, it can be either a list
+its daylight saving time rules. If specified, it can be either a list
(as you would get from @code{current-time-zone}), a string as in the
@code{TZ} environment variable, @code{t} for Universal Time, or an
integer (as you would get from @code{decode-time}). The specified
-zone is used without any further alteration for daylight savings time.
+zone is used without any further alteration for daylight saving time.
If you pass more than seven arguments to @code{encode-time}, the first
six are used as @var{seconds} through @var{year}, the last argument is
2006-12-24 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
- * calendar.texi (Holidays): US daylight savings begins second Sunday
+ * calendar.texi (Holidays): US daylight saving begins second Sunday
in March for 2007 onwards.
- (Daylight Savings): Show new US default daylight savings rules, 2nd
+ (Daylight Savings): Show new US default daylight saving rules, 2nd
Sun in Mar to 1st Sun in Nov, now in cal-dst.el.
2006-12-23 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
* Diary:: Displaying events from your diary.
* Appointments:: Reminders when it's time to do something.
* Importing Diary:: Converting diary events to/from other formats.
-* Daylight Saving:: How to specify when daylight savings time is active.
+* Daylight Saving:: How to specify when daylight saving time is active.
* Time Intervals:: Keeping track of time intervals.
* Advanced Calendar/Diary Usage:: Advanced Calendar/Diary customization.