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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2012-04-03 23:08:04 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2012-04-03 23:08:04 +0200
commit41048afabb9af1db50af88647a5b93eb8168082c (patch)
tree9f48689a9126ec202a3e11e072a0bca28d5c1248 /man
parentfeb88c9ff52b52a1fc0f075cba1215e4c2a82545 (diff)
man: clarify the formatting of timestamps
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.journal-fields.xml21
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
index 5f2a32cb00..becffc738a 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>