From 41048afabb9af1db50af88647a5b93eb8168082c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 23:08:04 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] man: clarify the formatting of timestamps --- man/systemd.journal-fields.xml | 21 +++++++++++++-------- 1 file 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. + journal. This is the time in + usec since the epoch UTC + formatted as decimal + string. @@ -293,7 +294,9 @@ 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 _SOURCE_REALTIME_TIMESTAMP= as it is usually a bit later @@ -308,10 +311,12 @@ 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 _BOOT_ID=. -- 2.30.2