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diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index 52520a7e..269743d5 100644 --- a/doc/bird.sgml +++ b/doc/bird.sgml @@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ protocol rip { "<m/format1/" is a format string using <it/strftime(3)/ notation (see <it/man strftime/ for details). <m/limit> and "<m/format2/" allow to specify the second format string for - times in past deeper than <m/limit/ seconds. There are two + times in past deeper than <m/limit/ seconds. There are few shorthands: <cf/iso long/ is a ISO 8601 date/time format (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss) that can be also specified using <cf/"%F %T"/. <cf/iso short/ is a variant of ISO 8601 that uses just @@ -388,11 +388,15 @@ protocol rip { the past) and the date format (YYYY-MM-DD) for far times. This is a shorthand for <cf/"%T" 72000 "%F"/. - By default, BIRD uses an short, ad-hoc format for <cf/route/ - and <cf/protocol/ times, and a <cf/iso long/ similar format - (DD-MM-YYYY hh:mm:ss) for <cf/base/ and <cf/log/. These - defaults are here for a compatibility with older versions - and might change in the future. + By default, BIRD uses the <cf/iso short/ format for <cf/route/ and + <cf/protocol/ times, and the <cf/iso long/ format for <cf/base/ and + <cf/log/ times. + + In pre-1.4.0 versions, BIRD used an short, ad-hoc format for + <cf/route/ and <cf/protocol/ times, and a <cf/iso long/ similar format + (DD-MM-YYYY hh:mm:ss) for <cf/base/ and <cf/log/. These timeformats + could be set by <cf/old short/ and <cf/old long/ compatibility + shorthands. <tag>table <m/name/ [sorted]</tag> Create a new routing table. The default routing table is |