2008/9/18 Matthew Pounsett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 18-Sep-2008, at 13:47 , Jeff A. Earickson wrote: > > > Yo Bind Developers, > > > > Using Bind 9.5.0-P2. Why, oh why, does "rndc stats" give timestamp > > information in UNIX epoch seconds??!! Why can't ns_stats_dump() in > > bin/named/statschannel.c do a call to localtime() or gmtime() and > > convert the UNIX epoch into a human-readable time? > > As another user of BIND I would say, "because epoch seconds are more > easily manipulated." > > If it dumped a human readable timestamp, then in order to manipulate > that in some way I'd need to write or find some utility that could > convert it. With epoch seconds, I can use that timestamp in any > format I like with my own call to strftime(). >
Maybe the best solution is simple time switch for rndc ;) Ex rndc -t human|epoch stats Best regards, Shamrock
