@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
@copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
@@ -1032,8 +1032,8 @@ successive clock ticks.
@item @emph{Description}:
Elapsed wall clock time in seconds. The time is measured per thread, no
guarantee can be made that two distinct threads measure the same time.
-Time is measured from some "time in the past". On POSIX compliant systems
-the seconds since the Epoch (00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970) are returned.
+Time is measured from some "time in the past", which is an arbitrary time
+guaranteed not to change during the execution of the program.
@item @emph{C/C++}:
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