Re: cvs import & checkout -D date_spec

[Larry Jones]

Chen, Susie writes:
> 
> After a 2nd import, checkout -D date_spec did not checked out. The same
> checkout command works fine for the 1st import. Does anyone has similar
> experiences to share? FYI, the import was for binaries libraries. And yes,
> -I! was used in the import, so there is no question if the binaries were in
> the repository. And checkout without the -D option works fine as well.

Are you sure you're specifying the date correctly?  CVS displays dates
in UTC but dates in commands that don't include a timezone (like UTC)
are interpreted as local time.

-Larry Jones

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