On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:23:13 +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Chris Jackson 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.
(...) Mmm, nope :-) I think you didn't get the whole picture. Look, it is very well explained in this Gentoo FAQ: *** Consistent times on FAT filesystems over the whole year https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-579915-start-0.html *** THT. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/pan.2010.11.04.15.57...@gmail.com
