I assume if I de-select UTC, fossil will still use UTC in the database but show local time zone on timeline. Correct?
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gé Weijers > Sent: 08/21/11 09:36 PM > To: fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > Subject: Re: [fossil-users] Timestamps should be in local time. > > On Sat, 20 Aug 2011, Vikrant Chaudhary wrote: > > > Timestamps should be recorded in local timezone rather than in UTC. > > 1. It hurts eyes and brain to see the time in UTC and then calculate > > it in local time. > > 2. For forensics. I'll be able to know which timezone I was while > > committing that change. > > And we can always calculate the UTC time anyway. And by storing the > > time in local time we'll only gain the timezone information in history > > and loose nothing. > > Re: 1) as others have pointed out: this is configurable through the UI. > > Re: 2) If there is a convincing use case for your proposal I would store > the time stamp in UTC and store the time zone separately (offset in > minutes from UTC). Currently fossil can just use an SQL 'ORDER BY' clause > to retrieve commits etc. in order, using local time stamps would make that > more painful and definitly slower (you cannot create a simple index for > that) > > Gé > _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
