yes. unix and plan 9 both use seconds since epoch to represent the date and both use an epoch defined in the GMT timezone.
there shouldn't be any conversion required as the timezone+dst offset needs to be added only for display. - erik On Sun Jul 30 14:51:52 CDT 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >It would then be the responsibility of the client to adjust for > >his/her local time zone. > > isn't the value of ctime and mtime always in gmt, even on linux? > on unix it was only the programs calling ctime (or relatives) > that finally adjusted for local time, typically before displaying it. > i don't see how the client kernel would or should get involved.
