From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KSEdZ-0006Yi-Lt for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:23:25 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KSEdY-0006Yd-N0 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:23:24 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KSEdV-0006YQ-Bt for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:23:24 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49089 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KSEdV-0006YN-5M for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:23:21 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:47076) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KSEdU-0001zf-Ts for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:23:21 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KSEVg-0002tU-7l for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:15:16 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KSEcN-0003T0-HC for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:22:11 +0200 Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:22:11 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080810172211.GA13264@thorin> References: <20080807111714.2b1f36e9@gibibit.com> <20080807191230.GB4413@thorin> <489D7D7D.7080801@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> <20080810093257.GA19930@thorin> <489F0629.7040107@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <489F0629.7040107@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] New command checktime X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:23:24 -0000 On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 11:15:53AM -0400, Isaac Dupree wrote: > > also, even if one's computer always stays in the same place, > Daylight Savings can change the timezone you're in, while > grub.cfg stays the same. > > What is it that we're doing when we "ignore" it > specifically? Assuming local-time and hardware-clock-time > are both UTC? (and therefore if the date specifies a > timezone, which is specified numerically, convert the time > to UTC before doing anything with it) The hwclock time is always the same as UTC; except for some very weird OSes like Microsoft Windows ;-) -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."