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Add basic support for help topics and a dates topic
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date Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:06:13 -0600
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1 # help.py - help data for mercurial
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2 #
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3 # Copyright 2006 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
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4 #
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5 # This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
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6 # of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
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8 helptable = {
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9 "dates|Date Formats":
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10 r'''
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11 Some commands (backout, commit, tag) allow the user to specify a date.
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12 Possible formats for dates are:
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14 YYYY-mm-dd \HH:MM[:SS] [(+|-)NNNN]::
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15 This is a subset of ISO 8601, allowing just the recommended notations
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16 for date and time. The last part represents the timezone; if omitted,
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17 local time is assumed. Examples:
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19 "2005-08-22 03:27 -0700"
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21 "2006-04-19 21:39:51"
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23 aaa bbb dd HH:MM:SS YYYY [(+|-)NNNN]::
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24 This is the date format used by the C library. Here, aaa stands for
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25 abbreviated weekday name and bbb for abbreviated month name. The last
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26 part represents the timezone; if omitted, local time is assumed.
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27 Examples:
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29 "Mon Aug 22 03:27:00 2005 -0700"
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31 "Wed Apr 19 21:39:51 2006"
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33 unixtime offset::
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34 This is the internal representation format for dates. unixtime is
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35 the number of seconds since the epoch (1970-01-01 00:00 UTC). offset
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36 is the offset of the local timezone, in seconds west of UTC (negative
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37 if the timezone is east of UTC).
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38 Examples:
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40 "1124706420 25200" (2005-08-22 03:27:00 -0700)
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42 "1145475591 -7200" (2006-04-19 21:39:51 +0200)
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43 ''',
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44 }
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