X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Ftar.texi;h=5706e95f7d1dd1d4f2b5c1c36b82ae9c411b0bb9;hb=88ea940c0e3db80904f2405b01f1a3d01c522859;hp=68bb0910b6e960f78ea579b10075ad85c3bbebc0;hpb=093b8189300dcbdb8a7cd836a2986199664f3c89;p=chaz%2Ftar

diff --git a/doc/tar.texi b/doc/tar.texi
index 68bb091..5706e95 100644
--- a/doc/tar.texi
+++ b/doc/tar.texi
@@ -6036,6 +6036,9 @@ or @samp{p.m.}), @var{hour} is restricted to run from 1 to 12, and
 indicates the first half of the day, @samp{pm} indicates the second
 half of the day.  In this notation, 12 is the predecessor of 1:
 midnight is @samp{12am} while noon is @samp{12pm}.
+(This is the zero-oriented interpretation of @samp{12am} and @samp{12pm},
+as opposed to the old tradition derived from Latin
+which uses @samp{12m} for noon and @samp{12pm} for midnight.)
 
 @cindex timezone correction
 @cindex minutes, timezone correction by