On Fri, 23 May 2008, frantisek holop wrote:
> nor can i recall this ever being an issue while i was in CEST for years. when
> i copied the camera files they were not off by 1-2 hours depending on daylight
> saving...
>
> -f
Set your camera to UTC and be happy.
The times *in the file system* are in UTC. They will be displayed in
localtime. See the source code for ls(1).
Recall that there are (still) large numbers of unix machines which
are used simultaneously by interactive users in different timezones.
On such machines, there is a /etc/localtime for the zone where the
machine resides (or where users think it resides ;-) and users set
TZ in their .profile or similar files.
I'm not aware of cameras that embed zone info in their jpegs. Are
there such? Usually you just see a date time thingie.
Among your options, you forgot the whole set of variations where
the BIOS does daylight/summer time corrections. Invariably, the
BIOS is set up for general US rules, and wrong ones at that.
Only BIOS = UTC makes any sense. Windoze can get used to it. BIOS
= localtime is a stupid lazy idea from a place famous for stupid
lazy ideas.
Dave
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The future isn't what it used to be.
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