@c This is part of the Emacs manual. -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-@c Copyright (C) 2004-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 2004-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
@c
@c This file is included either in emacs-xtra.texi (when producing the
Each of the holiday variables is a list of @dfn{holiday forms}, each
form describing a holiday (or sometimes a list of holidays). Here is
a table of the possible kinds of holiday form. Day numbers and month
-numbers count starting from 1, but ``dayname'' numbers count Sunday as
+numbers count starting from 1, but @dfn{dayname} numbers count Sunday as
0. The argument @var{string} is always the description of the
holiday, as a string.
Many holidays occur on a specific day of the week, at a specific time
of month. Here is a holiday form describing Hurricane Supplication Day,
-celebrated in the Virgin Islands on the fourth Monday in August:
+celebrated in the Virgin Islands on the fourth Monday in July:
@smallexample
-(holiday-float 8 1 4 "Hurricane Supplication Day")
+(holiday-float 7 1 4 "Hurricane Supplication Day")
@end smallexample
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-Here the 8 specifies August, the 1 specifies Monday (Sunday is 0,
+Here the 7 specifies July, the 1 specifies Monday (Sunday is 0,
Tuesday is 2, and so on), and the 4 specifies the fourth occurrence in
the month (1 specifies the first occurrence, 2 the second occurrence,
@minus{}1 the last occurrence, @minus{}2 the second-to-last occurrence, and
@noindent
in the fancy diary display on September 7, 2012.
- There is an ``early reminder'' diary sexp that includes its entry in the
+ There is an early-reminder diary sexp that includes its entry in the
diary not only on the date of occurrence, but also on earlier dates.
For example, if you want a reminder a week before your anniversary, you
can use