From: Shenghou Ma <minux.ma@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:57:31 +0000 (+0800)
Subject: time: add note about Parse()'s choice of default year
X-Git-Tag: go1.1rc2~1360
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e985d5464b45a116825603b0f72d07bbc7ae5ec5;p=gostls13.git

time: add note about Parse()'s choice of default year

R=rsc
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/7101046
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diff --git a/src/pkg/time/format.go b/src/pkg/time/format.go
index 417e8f8d7a..35118a9ff7 100644
--- a/src/pkg/time/format.go
+++ b/src/pkg/time/format.go
@@ -637,7 +637,8 @@ func skip(value, prefix string) (string, error) {
 //
 // Elements omitted from the value are assumed to be zero or, when
 // zero is impossible, one, so parsing "3:04pm" returns the time
-// corresponding to Jan 1, year 0, 15:04:00 UTC.
+// corresponding to Jan 1, year 0, 15:04:00 UTC (note that because the year is
+// 0, this time is before the zero Time).
 // Years must be in the range 0000..9999. The day of the week is checked
 // for syntax but it is otherwise ignored.
 func Parse(layout, value string) (Time, error) {