1 .\" $NetBSD: zdump.8,v 1.11 2013/09/20 19:06:54 christos Exp $
13 .Op Fl c Ar [loyear,]highyear
21 prints the current time in each
23 named on the command line.
25 These options are available:
26 .Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXX -compact
28 Output version information and exit.
33 print the time at the lowest possible time value,
34 the time one day after the lowest possible time value,
35 the times both one second before and exactly at
36 each detected time discontinuity,
37 the time at one day less than the highest possible time value,
38 and the time at the highest possible time value,
41 if the given time is Daylight Saving Time or
44 .It Fl c Ar [loyear,]highyear
45 Cut off the verbose output near the start of the given year(s).
47 the program cuts off verbose output near the starts of the years \-500 and 2500.
48 .It Fl t Ar [loyear,]highyear
49 Cut off verbose output at the start of the given time(s),
50 given in decimal seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC.
54 except omit the times relative to the extreme time values.
55 This generates output that is easier to compare to that of
56 implementations with different time representations.
59 Time discontinuities are found by sampling the results returned by localtime
60 at twelve-hour intervals.
61 This works in all real-world cases;
62 one can construct artificial time zones for which this fails.
66 denotes the value returned by
68 which uses UTC for modern time stamps and some other UT flavor for
69 time stamps that predate the introduction of UTC.
70 No attempt is currently made to have the output use
74 for older time stamps,
75 partly because the exact date of the introduction of UTC is problematic.
81 .\" This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
82 .\" 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.