Updated FAQ (markdown)

Howard Hinnant
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## Contents
- [Why can't I do day arithmetic on a `year_month_day`?](#day_arithmetic)
- [Why is `%A` failing?](#week_day_parse_bug)
- [Why is `local_t` not a proper clock?](#local_t)
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<a name="week_day_parse_bug"></a>
### Why is `%A` failing?
This program is supposed to work:
```c++
#include "date/date.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
int
main()
{
using namespace date;
std::istringstream in{"Sun 2016-12-11"};
sys_days tp;
in >> parse("%A %F", tp);
std::cout << tp << '\n';
}
```
But for me it outputs `1970-01-01` and `in.fail()` is true.
_Answer:_ This is a bug in your std::lib `std::time_get` facet. It _should_ use both `%a` and `%A` identically, and these should both parse either the abbreviated or full `week_day` name in a case-insensitive manner. Unfortunately some implementations won't do that, resulting in this failure. These same implementations have the same bug with `%b` and `%B` (month names).
You can work around this bug by compiling with `-DONLY_C_LOCALE`. This flag restricts you to the "C" locale, but it also avoids use of your `std::time_get` and `std::time_put` facets, instead implementing that logic within this library.
<a name="local_t"></a>
### Why is `local_t` not a proper clock?