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@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@ Century (a year divided by 100 and truncated to an integer) as a decimal number
[00-99].
.RE
+In addition, the nonstandard conversion specification \fB%N\fR is also
+supported, and is converted to the zero-padded number of nanoseconds since the
+last second. Note that the actual resolution of this number is limited to the
+resolution of the system's \fBCLOCK_REALTIME\fR clock. See
+\fBclock_gettime\fR(3C).
+
The string is always terminated with a NEWLINE. An argument containing blanks
must be quoted; see the EXAMPLES section.
.RE