> I think Volker's reply is pretty informative, if ultimately unhelpful > (in that it doesn't really offer a solution to what seem to be pretty > fundamental problems)
Unfortunately that's probably because when it comes to ftp, there are no solutions, only explanations. ftp clients are diabolical when it comes to restoring time stamps of downloaded files. Also, ftp itself isn't able to handle time zones, as all the information on files you're able to get is a directory listing, and the format (which includes zones for the times given) is utterly unspecified. Traditionally times were listed in the local zone of the ftp server. With mounting smb shares, I found that at uni (ELEC) Linux's smbfs these days gets it right (since Billy shifted to UTC), however be prepared to have some(!) timestamps out by 1h one way or the other. smb may be able to handle time zones, but probably doesn't handle daylight saving. There are some solutions, but it's specific to details like whether you control the samba configuration. The fixes itself are obvious (where possible) once you understand the problem. Volker PS wget downloads timestamps if you turn it on (timestamping = on). lukemftp's client may too. Most GUI clients don't seem to understand the issue in the first place, so as a rule forget it (but do report it as a bug). -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
