RFR(xs): 8172221: Directorate of Time has been superseded

[Stuart Marks]

Hi all,

Please review this small patch to Date.java to remove the reference to the 
USNO's Directorate of Time, and to make minor adjustments to the text and the links.

Thanks.

s'marks




# HG changeset patch
# User smarks
# Date 1484261274 28800
#      Thu Jan 12 14:47:54 2017 -0800
# Node ID 8443f4c21532c01621066a7a78ccea702e213c9b
# Parent  81b1a6a91b9116faa8144b79d7d1e484e83f3540
8172221: Directorate of Time has been superseded
Reviewed-by: XXX

diff -r 81b1a6a91b91 -r 8443f4c21532 src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Date.java
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Date.java	Wed Jan 04 00:08:40 2017 +0000
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Date.java	Thu Jan 12 14:47:54 2017 -0800
@@ -82,17 +82,19 @@
   * well; for example, the time scale used by the satellite-based
   * global positioning system (GPS) is synchronized to UTC but is
   * <i>not</i> adjusted for leap seconds. An interesting source of
- * further information is the U.S. Naval Observatory, particularly
- * the Directorate of Time at:
+ * further information is the United States Naval Observatory (USNO):
   * <blockquote><pre>
- *     <a href="http://www.usno.navy.mil">http://www.usno.navy.mil</a>
+ *     <a href="http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO">http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO</a>
   * </pre></blockquote>
   * <p>
- * and their definitions of "Systems of Time" at:
+ * and the material regarding "Systems of Time" at:
   * <blockquote><pre>
   *     <a 
href="http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/time/master-clock/systems-of-time">http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/time/master-clock/systems-of-time</a>
   * </pre></blockquote>
   * <p>
+ * which has descriptions of various different time systems including
+ * UT, UT1, and UTC.
+ * <p>
   * In all methods of class {@code Date} that accept or return
   * year, month, date, hours, minutes, and seconds values, the
   * following representations are used: