Correct fast-import timezone documentation.
authorShawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Tue, 6 Feb 2007 16:59:11 +0000 (11:59 -0500)
committerShawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Tue, 6 Feb 2007 16:59:11 +0000 (11:59 -0500)
Andy Parkins and Linus Torvalds both noticed that the description
of the timezone was incorrect. Its not expressed in minutes.
Its more like "hhmm", where "hh" is the number of hours and "mm"
is the number of minutes shifted from GMT/UTC.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index aff3fba1919457ce5fc32505f78cf33eec5780e8..e204ea1b3ef60a2cc866b8eb54082dff08832f3d 100644 (file)
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ The time of the change is specified by `<time>` as the number of
 seconds since the UNIX epoc (midnight, Jan 1, 1970, UTC) and is
 written in base-10 notation using US-ASCII digits.  The committer's
 timezone is specified by `<tz>` as a positive or negative offset
-from UTC, in minutes.  For example EST would be expressed in `<tz>`
-by ``-0500''.
+from UTC.  For example EST (which is typically 5 hours behind GMT)
+would be expressed in `<tz>` by ``-0500'' while GMT is ``+0000''.
 
 `from`
 ^^^^^^