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authorJeremy Katz <jeremy.katz@nokia.com>2012-08-10 14:10:09 +0200
committerQt by Nokia <qt-info@nokia.com>2012-08-13 22:44:58 +0200
commit1fc8f1e49b952ea72f75be59a125cbe9e358e26f (patch)
tree78f4965ee6fef3e4e53bcb5b81716eeb02d3631a /src/corelib/tools/qelapsedtimer.cpp
parentc58a8fa6a68768705cdc3d23149c4e18c8d64fda (diff)
fix some QElapsedTimer doc grammar issues
Change-Id: I9bdb0b93b101119477a560b28396f88ea8103745 Reviewed-by: Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/corelib/tools/qelapsedtimer.cpp')
-rw-r--r--src/corelib/tools/qelapsedtimer.cpp6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qelapsedtimer.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qelapsedtimer.cpp
index 61cc47512d..00a2f0a765 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qelapsedtimer.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qelapsedtimer.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
platforms that support it (see QElapsedTimer::isMonotonic()). This has
the added benefit that QElapsedTimer is immune to time adjustments, such
as the user correcting the time. Also unlike QTime, QElapsedTimer is
- immune to changes in the timezone settings, such as daylight savings
+ immune to changes in the timezone settings, such as daylight saving
periods.
On the other hand, this means QElapsedTimer values can only be compared
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
\section2 32-bit overflows
- Some of the clocks that QElapsedTimer have a limited range and may
+ Some of the clocks used by QElapsedTimer have a limited range and may
overflow after hitting the upper limit (usually 32-bit). QElapsedTimer
deals with this overflow issue and presents a consistent timing. However,
when extracting the time since reference from QElapsedTimer, two
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
counter, which allows avoiding the overflow.
On Windows systems, the clock overflows after 2^32 milliseconds, which
- corresponds to roughly 49.7 days. This means two processes's reckoning of
+ corresponds to roughly 49.7 days. This means two processes' reckoning of
the time since the reference may be different by multiples of 2^32
milliseconds. When comparing such values, it's recommended that the high
32 bits of the millisecond count be masked off.