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lib/roken/parse_time.3

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+.\" $Id: parse_time.3,v 1.3 2013/06/17 18:57:45 robert Exp $
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-.Dd October 31, 2004
+.Dd November 17, 2013
 .Dt PARSE_TIME 3
 .Os HEIMDAL
 .Sh NAME
@@ -54,28 +54,28 @@ The roken library (libroken, -lroken)
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn parse_time
-function converts a the period of time specified in
+function converts the period of time specified
 into a number of seconds.
 The
 .Fa timespec
 can be any number of
 .Aq number unit
 pairs separated by comma and whitespace. The number can be
-negative. Number without explicit units are taken as being
+negative. Numbers without explicit units are taken as being
 .Fa def_unit .
 .Pp
 The
 .Fn unparse_time
 and
 .Fn unparse_time_approx
-does the opposite of
+do the opposite of
 .Fn parse_time ,
 that is they take a number of seconds and express that as human
-readable string.
+readable strings.
 .Fa unparse_time
 produces an exact time, while
 .Fa unparse_time_approx
-restricts the result to only include one units.
+restricts the result to include only one unit.
 .Pp
 .Fn print_time_table
 prints a descriptive list of available units on the passed file