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-rw-r--r--sfeed.17
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index ddcb443..e25c559 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -72,33 +72,36 @@ sfeedrc - Config file. This file is evaluated as a shellscript in
Files written at runtime by sfeed_update
----------------------------------------
-feeds - Tab-separated format containing all feeds. The sfeed_update script
+feeds - TAB-separated format containing all feeds. The sfeed_update script
merges new items with this file.
feeds.new - Temporary file used by sfeed_update to merge items.
-TAB-SEPARATED format
+TAB-separated format
--------------------
The items are saved in a TSV-like format except newlines, tabs and
backslash are escaped with \ (\n, \t and \\). Other whitespace except
spaces are removed.
-The timestamp field is converted to a unix timestamp. The timestamp is also
+The timestamp field is converted to a UNIX timestamp. The timestamp is also
stored as formatted as a separate field. The other fields are left untouched
(including HTML).
The order and format of the fields are:
-item unix timestamp - string unix timestamp (GMT+0)
-item formatted timestamp - string timestamp (YYYY-mm-dd HH:MM:SS tz[+-]HHMM)
+item UNIX timestamp - string UNIX timestamp (UTC+0)
+item formatted timestamp - string timestamp, YYYY-mm-dd HH:MM:SS (UTC[+-]HH:MM)|tz
item title - string
item link - string, absolute url, unsafe characters are encoded
item content - string
-item contenttype - string ("html" or "plain")
+item contenttype - string, "html" or "plain"
item id - string
item author - string
-feed type - string ("rss" or "atom")
+feed type - string, "rss" or "atom"
+
+CAVEAT: if a timezone is not supported (non-RFC822) the UNIX timestamp is
+ interpreted as UTC+0.
Build and install
diff --git a/sfeed.1 b/sfeed.1
index 77e2682..1b61b6f 100644
--- a/sfeed.1
+++ b/sfeed.1
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ removed.
The order and format of the fields are:
.Bl -tag -width 17n
.It Ar item timestamp
-string, UNIX timestamp in GMT+0
+string, UNIX timestamp in UTC+0
.It Ar item timestamp
-string, date and time in the format: YYYY-mm-dd HH:MM:SS tzname[[+-][HHMM]]
+string, date and time in the format: YYYY-mm-dd HH:MM:SS (UTC[+-][HHMM])|tz
.It Ar item title
string
.It Ar item link
@@ -47,3 +47,6 @@ string, "rss" or "atom"
.Xr sh 1
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Hiltjo Posthuma Aq Mt hiltjo@codemadness.org
+.Sh CAVEATS
+if a timezone is not supported (non-RFC822) the UNIX timestamp is interpreted
+as UTC+0.