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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi index 90658dc3..cfacf8a7 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.texi +++ b/doc/gawk.texi @@ -15749,10 +15749,11 @@ epoch. In order to make it easier to process such log files and to produce useful reports, @command{gawk} provides the following functions for working with timestamps. They are @command{gawk} extensions; they are -not specified in the POSIX standard, nor are they in any other known -version of @command{awk}.@footnote{The GNU @command{date} utility can +not specified in the POSIX standard.@footnote{The GNU @command{date} utility can also do many of the things described here. Its use may be preferable for simple time-related operations in shell scripts.} +However, recent versions +of @command{mawk} (@pxref{Other Versions}) also support these functions. Optional parameters are enclosed in square brackets ([ ]): @table @code @@ -27080,6 +27081,7 @@ the three most widely-used freely available versions of @command{awk} @item @code{delete} without subscript @tab X @tab X @tab X @item @code{length()} of an array @tab X @tab @tab X @item @code{BINMODE} variable @tab @tab X @tab X +@item Time related functions @tab @tab X @tab X @end multitable @node Ranges and Locales |