[Buildroot] $(DATE) out of sync with system

[Mike Sander <msander@ripnet.com>]

Ulf Samuelsson wrote:
> fre 2008-05-09 klockan 12:34 -0400 skrev Mike Sander:
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>> Ulf Samuelsson wrote:
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>>>> I have Custom rootfs suffix set to the default $(DATE).   I have noticed 
>>>> that a few hours before midnight my rootfs.arm-yyyymmdd.romfs, the dd 
>>>> portion advances prematurely. this breaks a script I have to copy 
>>>> binaries after the build.
>>>>
>>>> I suspect it is somehow related to DATE not using the timezone correctly 
>>>> (maybe I dont have it set correctly?).  I have attempted to find where 
>>>> DATE is being set.  I would imaging that it is using the "date" function 
>>>> & format specifiers.   Unfortunately DATE is a VERY common symbol under 
>>>> buildroot.  I am unable to locate where this symbol is initially set.
>>>>
>>>> Can someone tell me where to look?
>>>>
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>> Thanks.  I had done a multi level grep for "DATE" and "="..... but this 
>> generated literally hundreds of lines of output..... that proverbial 
>> needle in the hay stack.
>>
>> The relevant line does the following DATE:= $(shell date -u +%Y%m%d).  
>> Anyone know why the "-u" which specifies Coordinated Universal Time?  
>> This explains the rollover I see a few hours before midnight.  Would it 
>> not make more sense for this just to be local time?    FWIW... I can 
>> update my script to be consistent with the DATE logic now that I know 
>> what is going on.
>>
>>     
> No you are right, I think it should use local time, so I will fix this.
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Thank You..

Mike