More minor time fixes.

* calendar/time-date.el: Commentary fix.
* net/tramp-sh.el (tramp-do-file-attributes-with-ls): Undo last change;
too much other code depends on (0 0) time stamps.
* net/tramp.el (tramp-time-less-p, tramp-time-subtract):
Add a couple of FIXME comments.

4 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 920f893bb7d..a6fdf7ebc4b 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 2012-11-18  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
+        More minor time fixes.
+        * calendar/time-date.el: Commentary fix.
+        * net/tramp-sh.el (tramp-do-file-attributes-with-ls): Undo last change;
+        too much other code depends on (0 0) time stamps.
+        * net/tramp.el (tramp-time-less-p, tramp-time-subtract):
+        Add a couple of FIXME comments.
+
         Minor cleanup for times as lists of four integers.
         * files.el (dir-locals-directory-cache):
         * ps-bdf.el (bdf-file-mod-time, bdf-read-font-info):
diff --git a/lisp/calendar/time-date.el b/lisp/calendar/time-date.el
index 38b766084c9..6e967bd8c79 100644
--- a/lisp/calendar/time-date.el
+++ b/lisp/calendar/time-date.el
@@ -30,11 +30,10 @@
 ;; value equal to HIGH * 2^16 + LOW + USEC * 10^-6 + PSEC * 10^-12
 ;; seconds, where missing components are treated as zero.  HIGH can be
 ;; negative, either because the value is a time difference, or because
-;; the machine supports negative time stamps that fall before the
-;; epoch.  The macro `with-decoded-time-value' and the
-;; function `encode-time-value' make it easier to deal with these
-;; three formats.  See `time-subtract' for an example of how to use
-;; them.
+;; the machine supports negative time stamps that fall before the epoch.
+;; The macro `with-decoded-time-value' and the function
+;; `encode-time-value' make it easier to deal with these formats.
+;; See `time-subtract' for an example of how to use them.
 
 ;;; Code:
 
diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
index 5b090047f8d..059e1e63c77 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
@@ -1270,11 +1270,12 @@ target of the symlink differ."
          res-uid
          ;; 3. File gid.
          res-gid
-         ;; 4. Last access time, as a list of integers in the same format
-         ;; as `current-time'.
+         ;; 4. Last access time, as a list of integers.  Normally this would be
+         ;; in the same format as `current-time', but the subseconds part is not
+         ;; currently implemented, and (0 0) denotes an unknown time.
          ;; 5. Last modification time, likewise.
          ;; 6. Last status change time, likewise.
-         '(0 0 0 0) '(0 0 0 0) '(0 0 0 0)       ;CCC how to find out?
+         '(0 0) '(0 0) '(0 0)           ;CCC how to find out?
          ;; 7. Size in bytes (-1, if number is out of range).
          res-size
          ;; 8. File modes, as a string of ten letters or dashes as in ls -l.
diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp.el b/lisp/net/tramp.el
index 874c0aa7fef..6157da20db7 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp.el
@@ -3761,6 +3761,7 @@ Invokes `password-read' if available, `read-passwd' else."
     ("oct" . 10) ("nov" . 11) ("dec" . 12))
   "Alist mapping month names to integers.")
 
+;; FIXME: Shouldn't this also look at any subseconds parts of T1 and T2?
 ;;;###tramp-autoload
 (defun tramp-time-less-p (t1 t2)
   "Say whether time value T1 is less than time value T2."
@@ -3770,6 +3771,7 @@ Invokes `password-read' if available, `read-passwd' else."
       (and (= (car t1) (car t2))
            (< (nth 1 t1) (nth 1 t2)))))
 
+;; FIXME: Shouldn't this also look at any subseconds parts of T1 and T2?
 (defun tramp-time-subtract (t1 t2)
   "Subtract two time values.
 Return the difference in the format of a time value."