1 07/22/86  set_time_default, std
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 4 Syntax as a command:  std key value {-control_arg}
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 7 Syntax as an active function:  [std key value {-control_arg}]
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10 Function:  sets a default date/time value for the process.  As an
11 active function, it returns "true" if the action requested was
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15 Arguments:
16 key
17    is a keyword representing the default to set.
18 value
19    is a value to become the new default.  If the value is "-system"
20    ("-sys"), the system default is used; if it is -pop, the command
21    uses a remembered value, saved by an earlier setting with -push.  It
22    is an error if you haven't done an earlier -push.
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27    saves the current value of the default before setting to the new
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31 List of keys:
32 date
33    sets the process default date.  The value must be acceptable to
34    date_time_$format (see "Notes").
35 date_time
36    sets the process default date_time.  The value must be acceptable to
37    date_time_$format (see "Notes").
38 debug, db
39    sets the process date/time debugging switch.  The value may be "on"
40    or "true", or "off" or "false".  When debugging is enabled,
41    convert_date_to_binary_ displays a description of time strings as
42    they are parsed, and identifies the exact location of any error in
43    the time string.  The system default value is off.
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46 language, lang
47    sets the process default language.  The language name can be in any
48    of the languages known to the date/time system.  To print a list of
49    acceptable language values, type "display_time_info -language".
50 time
51    sets the process default date.  The value must be acceptable to
52    date_time_$format (see "Notes").
53 zone
54    sets the process default zone.  The zone abbreviation can be in any
55    of the languages known to the date/time system.  To print a list of
56    acceptable zone values, type "display_time_info -zone" or
57    "display_time_info -map".
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60 Notes:  The named format strings acceptable to date_time_$format are
61 described in Section 1, under "Time Format."  The names "date",
62 "date_time", and "time" are not allowed in this context.