# HG changeset patch
# User Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
# Date 731057621 0
# Node ID f7da227e3e68773876735f78eead04c9f6acae3f
# Parent  d65c1fefc6369a775b9535147683f371ad4e3160
	* timer.el (run-at-time): Doc fix.

diff -r d65c1fefc636 -r f7da227e3e68 lisp/=timer.el
--- a/lisp/=timer.el	Tue Mar 02 07:33:17 1993 +0000
+++ b/lisp/=timer.el	Tue Mar 02 07:33:41 1993 +0000
@@ -36,7 +36,19 @@
 Arguments are TIME, REPEAT, FUNCTION &rest ARGS.
 TIME, a string,  can be specified absolutely or relative to now.
 REPEAT, an integer number of seconds, is the interval on which to repeat
-the call to the function.  If REPEAT is nil, call it just once."
+the call to the function.  If REPEAT is nil, call it just once.
+
+Absolute times may be specified in a wide variety of formats;
+Something of the form `HOUR:MIN:SEC TIMEZONE MONTH/DAY/YEAR', where
+all fields are numbers, will work; the format used by the Unix `date'
+command will work too.
+
+Relative times may be specified as a series of numbers followed by units:
+  1 min         	denotes one minute from now.
+  min			does too.
+  1 min 5 sec		denotes 65 seconds from now.
+  1 min 2 sec 3 hour 4 day 5 week 6 fortnight 7 month 8 year
+			denotes the sum of all the given durations from now."
   (interactive "sRun at time: \nNRepeat interval: \naFunction: ")
   (cond ((or (not timer-process) 
              (memq (process-status timer-process) '(exit signal nil)))