On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 02:05:21PM -0700, Raun Nohavitza wrote:
> I have found a solution, but it seems to contradict the documentation.
> Here is what I did:
>
> ftp:timezone -8
>
> Again, the remote server is actually in the GMT+8 timezone, and I am in
> US/Pacific (currently GMT-7). If it is 8:00am on 5/1/2007 here (PDT) and
> I push a file to the Singapore server, the timestamp on the server reads
> 1:00am 5/2/2007. Reading the manpage, I would expect to set ftp:timezone
> to +8. But the -8 setting works. Is this the intended operation?
Unix interpretation of time zone offset is:
negative is east of Greenwich
positive is west of Greenwich
It is quite common to confuse it. Even Solaris installer incorrectly states
the reverse.
--
Alexander.
