From bf4517d11e79647393c49eee050df57acc690e46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn Morris Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 14:12:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Date Formats): Document changed behaviour of abbreviations. --- man/calendar.texi | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/calendar.texi b/man/calendar.texi index fb486ae01c8..b5695c8c88b 100644 --- a/man/calendar.texi +++ b/man/calendar.texi @@ -1116,8 +1116,11 @@ is, you can use @samp{11/12/1989} or @samp{11/12/89}. Dates can also have the form @samp{@var{monthname} @var{day}} or @samp{@var{monthname} @var{day}, @var{year}}, where the month's name can -be spelled in full or abbreviated to three characters (with or without a -period). Case is not significant. +be spelled in full or abbreviated (with or without a period). The +preferred abbreviations can be controlled using the variables +@code{calendar-abbrev-length}, @code{calendar-month-abbrev-array}, and +@code{calendar-day-abbrev-array}. The default is to use the first three +letters of a name as its abbreviation. Case is not significant. A date may be @dfn{generic}; that is, partially unspecified. Then the entry applies to all dates that match the specification. If the date -- 2.39.2