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author | Sverker Eriksson <[email protected]> | 2015-09-23 14:48:47 +0200 |
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committer | Sverker Eriksson <[email protected]> | 2015-10-01 15:43:48 +0200 |
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erts: Review time correction docs
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/time_correction.xml b/erts/doc/src/time_correction.xml index aec9efa3d3..4de3739a36 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/time_correction.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/time_correction.xml @@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ <p>To be backwards compatible, <c>erlang:now/0</c> remains as is, but <em>you are strongly discouraged from using - it</em>. Much use of <c>erlang:now/0</c> + it</em>. Many use cases of <c>erlang:now/0</c> prevents you from using the new <seealso marker="#Multi_Time_Warp_Mode">multi-time warp mode</seealso>, which is an important part of this @@ -630,14 +630,14 @@ <title>New Erlang Monotonic Time</title> <p>Erlang monotonic time as such is new as of <c>ERTS</c> 7.0. It is introduced to detach time measurements, such as elapsed - time from calendar time. Many programmers want to measure elapsed - time or specify a time relative to another point in time without - knowing the involved times in UTC or any other globally defined - time scale. By introducing a time scale - with a local definition of where it starts, time that do - not concern calendar time on that time scale can be managed. - Erlang monotonic time uses - such a time scale with a locally defined start.</p> + time from calendar time. In many use cases there is a need to + measure elapsed time or specify a time relative to another point + in time without the need to know the involved times in UTC or + any other globally defined time scale. By introducing a time + scale with a local definition of where it starts, time that do + not concern calendar time can be managed on that time + scale. Erlang monotonic time uses such a time scale with a + locally defined start.</p> <p>The introduction of Erlang monotonic time allows us to adjust the two Erlang times (Erlang |