Chris Jackson <c.jack...@shadowcat.co.uk> writes: > File timestamps are (or at least should be) stored in UTC. It's the > display of them that's affected.
But I did the following experiment: on a computer with system time set to UTC, I created a file at 14:43 UTC. Then I copied it via rsync and ethernet cross cable to another PC with system time set to GMT, one hour late respect to UTC. I expected that, on the 2nd PC, the timestamp was displayed in the local time, i.e. 15:43; instead, it appears as 14:43 as well. (For the copy I used the -t option.) So, according with this experiment it is not true that the displayed time is in local format. I think this may cause serious errors: in fact, when someone read the timestamp on the 2nd PC, he would believe that the file were created at 14:43 of the GMT time, which is wrong: in fact, it was created at 15:43 GMT = 14:43 UTC. What do you all think? Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87eib1p0ym....@gmail.com
