Clarify DURATION.

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Dianne Skoll
2023-01-20 12:33:14 -05:00
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@@ -1215,11 +1215,15 @@ specifies the duration of an event. For example, if you have a
REM 5 March 2021 AT 1:00pm DURATION 90 MSG Meeting
.fi
.PP
Note that \fIduration\fR is specified either in hours and minutes as a
\fItime\fR, or in minutes as an \fIinteger\fR. If you specify a
duration of 00:00 or 0, then \fBRemind\fR behaves exactly as if no
\fBDURATION\fR at all had been present.
Note that \fIduration\fR is specified either as
\fIhours\fR:\fIminutes\fR or just as \fIminutes\fR specified as an
\fIinteger\fR.
.PP
If you specify a duration of 00:00 or 0, then \fBRemind\fR behaves
exactly as if no \fBDURATION\fR at all had been present. Although
durations specified as \fIhours\fR:\fIminutes\fR look superficially like a
time-of-day, they are not; the \fIhours\fR component is not limited
to the range 00-23.
.PP
.SH SYNTACTIC SUGAR FOR REM