date: small punctuation fixes
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ The following representation standards of dates and times are currently supporte
- `POSIX`
- see `STRPTIME(3)` for more information. a valid format has to be specified in `check/date/format`
+ see `STRPTIME(3)` for more information. A valid format has to be specified in `check/date/format`
- `ISO8601`
- see [ISO8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601). possible format strings specified in `check/date/format`, default: `datetime complete+truncated`:
+ see [ISO8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601). Possible format strings specified in `check/date/format`, default: `datetime complete+truncated`:
- Dates/Time:
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ The following representation standards of dates and times are currently supporte
if no representation is specified, `complete+reduced+truncated` is used as default.
- `complete`
- complete representation, dates are separated by hyphens, times by colon. e.g. YYYY-MM-DD or hh:mm:ss
+ complete representation, dates are separated by hyphens, times by colon, e.g. YYYY-MM-DD or hh:mm:ss
- `reduced`
reduced precision, e.g. YYYY-MM, or hh
- `truncated`
- truncated representation, hyphens used to indicate omitted components. e.g. --MM-DD or --ss
+ truncated representation, hyphens used to indicate omitted components, e.g. --MM-DD or --ss
- `complete+reduced+truncated`
allow all 3 representations
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ The following representation standards of dates and times are currently supporte
if no format is specified both `basic` and `extended` are treated as valid.
- `basic`
- no separating character between individual components of a `date`, `time` or `datetime` expressen
+ no separating character between individual components of a `date`, `time` or `datetime` expression.
- `extended`
separating characters between components. `date` components separated by hyphen, `time` components by colon.
