On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:23:13 +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> [...] 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.
Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> writes: > (...) > > 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 > *** But the above `experiment' has nothing to do with vfat partitions: both systems are linux ext3. What I don't understand is how can a user from the 2nd system know that the file has been created at 14:43 UTC and not at 14:43 of its local time, since all files of his filesystem are displayed in the local time. 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/87k4ktng4c....@gmail.com
