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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2012-04-03 23:08:04 +0200 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2012-04-03 23:08:04 +0200 |
| commit | 41048afabb9af1db50af88647a5b93eb8168082c (patch) | |
| tree | 9f48689a9126ec202a3e11e072a0bca28d5c1248 | |
| parent | feb88c9ff52b52a1fc0f075cba1215e4c2a82545 (diff) | |
man: clarify the formatting of timestamps
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.journal-fields.xml | 21 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml index 5f2a32cb0..becffc738 100644 --- a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml +++ b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml @@ -226,9 +226,10 @@ timestamp of the message, if any is known that is different from the reception time of the - journal. The time in usec - since the epoch formatted as - decimal string.</para> + journal. This is the time in + usec since the epoch UTC + formatted as decimal + string.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -293,7 +294,9 @@ <para>The wallclock time (CLOCK_REALTIME) at the point in time the entry was received - by the journal. This has + by the journal, in usec since + the epoch UTC formatted as + decimal string. This has different properties from <literal>_SOURCE_REALTIME_TIMESTAMP=</literal> as it is usually a bit later @@ -308,10 +311,12 @@ <para>The monotonic time (CLOCK_MONOTONIC) at the point in time the entry was received - by the journal. To be useful - as an address for the entry - this should be combined with - with boot ID in + by the journal in usec + formatted as decimal + string. To be useful as an + address for the entry this + should be combined with with + boot ID in <literal>_BOOT_ID=</literal>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |