On 10/08/19 8:49 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 09 aug 19, 21:38:23, Russell L. Harris wrote:
>> Is there a work-around, so that files written during the >> installation process have the correct datestamp? > > It seems to me like you are confusing the hardware clock (the internal > clock of the computer, if it has one), the system clock (the clock of > the operating system) and the timezone (translating the system clock to > the clock shown to users)[1]. > > On linux the system clock is always set to UTC. > > The time(stamps) shown to the user are translated on the fly depending > on the system or user's timezone. That's true of the timestamps that are part of the filesystem metadata, but not true of any timestamps included in the file content itself - eg as part of log lines. I don't know which Russell is concerned about. Richard
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