Re: CVS - timestamp

[Lamar Seifuddin]

Thanks, Larry,

I knew you would know the answer!



Larry Jones wrote:

> Lamar Seifuddin writes:
> >
> > It appears that the time of an update (checked in file)
> > is GMT.   Anyway to change this to local time?
>
> No.  CVS is designed to be a distributed system with users potentially
> in lots of different time zones, so the only sane way to store
> timestamps is in UTC (aka GMT).  In general, input to CVS is always in
> local time but output is in UTC (as is internal storage).
>
> -Larry Jones
>
> Well of course the zipper's going to get stuck if everyone
> stands around WATCHING me! -- Calvin