%% Greg Chicares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: gc> I have also, in the past, found one-hour differences when I gc> extracted some archived files during summer time, then again gc> extracted them during non-summer time.
That just means you're using a stupid archiving program. All dates stored in archives should be stored in a canonical format based on UTC, regardless of the local time settings on the computer where the archive is created (or extracted). Anything else is utterly broken, especially for a tool which is intended to archive data. gc> My life has been simpler since I set my computer to use Zulu time gc> (UTC) always. Well, the best solution is for your computer and the applications that run on it to always think about timestamps in UTC, but display timestamps in whatever timezone the user prefers. This is how POSIX systems work. That way there is no possibility that changing timezones will magically cause some timestamps to magically be considered newer or older. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Make-w32 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/make-w32
