# HG changeset patch
# User Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
# Date 1059919937 0
# Node ID d03db605b057ecfe21c1a2cd28dbc9fbdfa8ad44
# Parent  226327fe046fcf861743288ccef236e4e89fdbfd
(Date Formats): Document changed behaviour of abbreviations.

diff -r 226327fe046f -r d03db605b057 man/calendar.texi
--- a/man/calendar.texi	Sun Aug 03 14:02:15 2003 +0000
+++ b/man/calendar.texi	Sun Aug 03 14:12:17 2003 +0000
@@ -1116,8 +1116,11 @@
 
   Dates can also have the form @samp{@var{monthname} @var{day}} or
 @samp{@var{monthname} @var{day}, @var{year}}, where the month's name can
-be spelled in full or abbreviated to three characters (with or without a
-period).  Case is not significant.
+be spelled in full or abbreviated (with or without a period).  The
+preferred abbreviations can be controlled using the variables
+@code{calendar-abbrev-length}, @code{calendar-month-abbrev-array}, and
+@code{calendar-day-abbrev-array}.  The default is to use the first three
+letters of a name as its abbreviation.  Case is not significant.
 
   A date may be @dfn{generic}; that is, partially unspecified.  Then the
 entry applies to all dates that match the specification.  If the date