From: Richard M. Stallman Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 03:12:22 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (Holidays): Holiday listing is based on current practice, but DST is not. X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-22.0.93~411 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a1df562ea1eec3dc73d82e2a18d7f3c0bcf5cc2b;p=emacs.git (Holidays): Holiday listing is based on current practice, but DST is not. --- diff --git a/man/calendar.texi b/man/calendar.texi index 48f5171415e..45aec25be9b 100644 --- a/man/calendar.texi +++ b/man/calendar.texi @@ -526,12 +526,8 @@ categories of holidays. You can use this command even if you don't have a calendar window. The dates used by Emacs for holidays are based on @emph{current -practice}, not historical fact. Historically, for instance, the start -of daylight savings time and even its existence have varied from year to -year, but present United States law mandates that daylight savings time -begins on the second Sunday in March. When the daylight savings rules -are set up for the United States, Emacs always uses the present -definition, even though it is wrong for some prior years. +practice}, not historical fact. For example Veteran's Day began in +1919, but is shown in earlier years. @node Sunrise/Sunset @section Times of Sunrise and Sunset