Lost footnotes on ⎕DT

[abrudz]

Page on which the error exists
https://docs.dyalog.com/20.0/language-reference-guide/system-functions/dt/

Version of the documentation in which you are reporting the error
2026-02-06 main:208345eb61

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• Footnotes 7 and 12 are unused

[DyalogRichard]

There are two big tables - one under Time Numbers, the other under Time Stamps. In the v19.0 documentation each table has its own set of footnotes; the former has nine footnotes (numbered 1 to 9) and the latter has three (numbered 1 to 3). In the v20.0 documentation all the footnotes are together (numbered 1 to 13; this should be 1 to 12 as explained below). NB - in the v19.0 I looked at the F1 help had an error in the first table - the reference to footnote 7 (in the row for code 33, neg values allowed column) is erroneously shown as 8 but the correct text pops up if clicked; in the PDF version it is correctly shown as 7. This error is interesting, because it may explain a slightly different error in v20.0.

I have compared the v19.0 documentation with v20.0 and it is mostly correct. These are the required changes:

• In the first table, all footnote refs and footnotes are present and have the same numbers, except for footnote 7. In the row for code 33, neg values allowed column (where there should be a reference to footnote 7) there is a reference to footnote 10. In the footnotes, 7 and 10 are identical but nothing references 7. So:

  • The reference to footnote 10 should be changed to reference footnote 7.
  • Duplicate (and now unused) footnote 10 should be removed.

• In the second table, all refs and footnotes are present and start at 11 - footnote 1 in v19.0 corresponds to footnote 11 in v20.0 etc. These are all correct at present, but if footnote 10 is removed:

  • Footnotes 11 to 13, and the references to them, should be renumbered (subtract 1).