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(Holidays): Holiday listing is based on current practice, but DST is not.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Tue, 26 Dec 2006 03:12:22 +0000
parents 4fa148580feb
children 776a7e3c21a0
files man/calendar.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/calendar.texi	Tue Dec 26 02:55:07 2006 +0000
+++ b/man/calendar.texi	Tue Dec 26 03:12:22 2006 +0000
@@ -526,12 +526,8 @@
 a calendar window.
 
   The dates used by Emacs for holidays are based on @emph{current
-practice}, not historical fact.  Historically, for instance, the start
-of daylight savings time and even its existence have varied from year to
-year, but present United States law mandates that daylight savings time
-begins on the second Sunday in March.  When the daylight savings rules
-are set up for the United States, Emacs always uses the present
-definition, even though it is wrong for some prior years.
+practice}, not historical fact.  For example Veteran's Day began in
+1919, but is shown in earlier years.
 
 @node Sunrise/Sunset
 @section Times of Sunrise and Sunset