From: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
To: Chris Rorvick <chris@rorvick.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-cvsimport: support local timezone
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:43:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50774BA9.40609@alum.mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1349988497-6158-1-git-send-email-chris@rorvick.com>
On 10/11/2012 10:48 PM, Chris Rorvick wrote:
> CVS patches are unconditionally imported with a UTC timezone. Allow
> the local timezone by adding -l to the command line or specifying
> cvsimport.l in the config.
>
> This could be made the default behavior, as setting TZ=UTC in the
> environment before doing the import is equivalent to the current
> behavior. But since a new default may be an unwelcome surprise to
> some, make this new behavior available os an option.
According to rcsfile(7), all times in RCS/CVS files are recorded in UTC.
So why do you need this feature?
Michael
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-11 22:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-11 20:48 [PATCH] git-cvsimport: support local timezone Chris Rorvick
2012-10-11 22:43 ` Michael Haggerty [this message]
2012-10-12 0:14 ` Christopher Rorvick
2012-10-12 7:57 ` Michael Haggerty
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